From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263674AbTDGVKq (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:10:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263675AbTDGVKq (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:10:46 -0400 Received: from pasky.ji.cz ([62.44.12.54]:56826 "HELO machine.sinus.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263674AbTDGVKp (for ); Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:10:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 23:22:16 +0200 From: Petr Baudis To: Pavel Machek Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BitBucket: GPL-ed KitBeeper clone Message-ID: <20030407212216.GL14319@pasky.ji.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Pavel Machek , "Martin J. Bligh" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200303020011.QAA13450@adam.yggdrasil.com> <20030311184043.GA24925@renegade> <22230000.1047408397@flay> <20030311192639.E72163C5BE@mx01.nexgo.de> <20030314122903.GC8057@zaurus.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030314122903.GC8057@zaurus.ucw.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Outlook : A program to spread viri, but it can do mail too. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dear diary, on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:29:03PM CET, I got a letter, where Pavel Machek told me, that... > Hi! > > > You can wave your wand, and the soft changeset will turn into a universal > > diff or a BK changeset. But it's obviously a lot cleaner, extensible, > > flexible and easier to process automatically than a text diff. It's an > > internal format, so it can be improved from time to time with little or no > > breakage. > > > > Did that make sense? > > Yes. > > Some kind of better-patch is badly needed. ..snip.. FYI, the SVN and Arch folks have set up a mailing list for discussion about generic "smarter patch" format, see http://www.red-bean.com/mailman/listinfo/changesets for details/subscription. Kind regards, -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis . The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -- Oscar Wilde . Stuff: http://pasky.ji.cz/