On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > I can't myself see what we gain having the diff and the modified version. > Even if we stick to using 'cp' (which is a bad idea in my opinion), I would > much rather create the diff myself if I want to see it.
The modified version is for copying over. The diff is stored in the repository so that you don't need to go download old versions of source code if you want to see what the changes are. > Experience tells me that if there is a file called 'diff' it is quite likely > an old one which someone has not updated. So I personally never trust their > contents - I'd just rather create it myself if I need it. Since they can't > be trust, I don't believe they serve a useful function myself. The spkg shouldn't get a positive review if those are not up to date. > Personally I believe if we added the small GNU patch utility to Sage, it > save more space than it uses. We could over time delete a lot of large > files, which have only small changes from original large files. I personally thing it'd be better to just include patch. --Mike -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
