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On Saturday 11 January 2003 03:54pm, Kai Großjohann wrote: |
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> > I posted this in -user, but will do so again here... I believe one of |
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> > the easier things we can do is add support for other diff utils in |
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> > /etc/make.conf/. kompare, kdiff3, gtkdiff, whatever... |
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> But it's more important to diff the right files (or versions). |
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> IMVHO, it's 90% which version and 10% how the diff looks. |
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Sure, it's important to save the user a step by diffing the most recent |
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version of the config file... |
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...however I believe it's more important that users (some of whom are not |
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regularly diffing files) can clearly see & understand what's changing. If |
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they merge incorrectly, they can screw up their system. |
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I say -- allow them access to tools which might make that process easier. |
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Making it configurable allows the user to decide the tool they want to use |
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to merge, instead of us trying to make everyone happy with our sdiff |
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wrapper... |
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sdiff's fine as a default, obviously... it works as-is, but I think |
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everyone would enjoy etc-update a lot more if they had a choice of tools. |
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I suspect one day we'll have a better homegrown Gentoo tool, but I don't |
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see that happening in the next 6 months... |
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Cheers, |
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Dylan Carlson [absinthe@×××××.com] |
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