Bug#776557: debian-policy: Please clarify 2.5 'unix heritage >= important'
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 05:55:11PM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bill Allombert:
> > On the other hand, ed scripts are still in use:
> > - by diff
>
> Reasonable people have been using "diff -u" for the last umpteen years.
Why so much drama ? I am sure you did not intend to call me unreasonnable, yet
your post suggests it.
It is unfortunate it is not possible for diff to default to -u (or even -c)
without breaking backward compatility (including POSIX compatility).
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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