Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!unocss!fritz From: fritz@unocss.UUCP (Tim Russell) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Re: Meaningful patches Message-ID: <1840@unocss.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 89 05:37:01 GMT References: <6413@merrimack.edu> Organization: U. of Nebraska at Omaha Lines: 18 RAND@merrimack.edu (Rand P. Hall) writes: |What happened to DIFF and PATCH? I thought changes to NEWS (other than |major revisions) were going to be posted as DIFF/PATCH files. Well, in my ideal world they would be.. :-) No, seriously, I posted DIFF and PATCH so that people could discuss the merits of the DIFF/PATCH scheme over the SLP scheme. This never happened, unfortunately. Geoff has provided both SLP and DIFF patches for the CMUTCP driver (thanks Geoff!) and I hope that this is a trend. But as I've said, if not, I'll live.. I just think DIFF patches are a ittle more tolerant to local changes, etc. -- Tim Russell Univ. Of Nebr. at Omaha russell@{zeus.unl.edu | unoma1.bitnet} "Don't try to have the last word; you might get it." - Robert A. Heinlein