bug#2307: Bootstrap hangs in leim

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:04:43 +0100
> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
> Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, 2307@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, handa@m17n.org
> 
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:54, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > I believe that's because these files are distributed in this form by
> > their original authors, see leim/MISC-DIC/README.
> 
> Shouldn't they be -kb in the repository, then?

I don't think so: people who use CVS on Unix will then lose the
ability to update them by patching, as opposed to by sending the whole
file downstream, which is much slower with large files.

> But I'm still puzzled why the sudden trouble.

Me too.