[PREVIEW] line-endings support

[Ian Clatworthy]

Alexander Belchenko wrote:

>> So if our initial cut of eol support stored it's settings in user
>> configuration files (like bazaar.conf and locations.conf), that would be
>> a problem? Or just suboptimal?
> 
> In my understanding using bazaar.conf to store this properties -- means
> follow mercurial way. And this is way to nowhere.

Apologies if this sounds dumb but I'd like someone to explicitly explain
why the Mercurial approach isn't good enough.

I'm not saying you're wrong - I'm just trying to learn more about the
various options and their pros and cons.

Ian C.