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Re: Proposal new source archive format



On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 02:24:31PM -0400, bcollins@debian.org wrote:
> > > This does not mean that there can't be an easy way to create diffs, nor
> > > even an automated tool for doing so, but the source-package program should
> > > not assume this fact. The diffing of source should be interactive, even if
> > > it is automated. How many developers do you think actually stop and check
> > > .diff.gz before uploading anyway?[1]
> > 
> > Interactive and automated? You've lost me.
> 
> ie.:
> 
> dpkg-difftool foo-src

You might like to examine makepatch too:

  http://www.squirrel.nl/people/jvromans/tpj0403-0016.html

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