From: Lennart B. <len...@st...> - 2005-10-11 14:10:12
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Keith MARSHALL wrote: >happy, and given that it was reached before I became involved, I didn't >add my 2d. FWIW, I do so now: PLEASE DO NOT BREAK DIFF, by making it >behave in any default manner other than it currently exhibits. > > The only way to not break it is perhaps to have some tests that defines its behaviour? On w32 we currently have several different behaviours of diff. >If any change is to be made to diff, then it should be in accord with >the consensus, i.e. add a custom option, turned OFF by default, which >activates the CRLF == CR == LF comparison mode, perhaps adopting any of >the envvar or config file techniques, suggested by Leif W, to establish >a local default; submit a patch for consideration, and see how it is >received. > I will submit a patch. The problem is I am much less than an expert on the internals. I am after the tools behaviour and robustness. >Continued whingeing here will serve only to make you deeply unpopular. > > Thank you for learning me a new word, I had to look it up ;-) More seriously, I am trying to get things working, not breaking them. If you do not hear this from others it might have been that they have given up. I tend to have more trust in that you all here want to help, but that the tone sometimes mistakingly is unhelpful. I am sorry if I also have been harsh. |