Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!hubdub!rand From: RAND@merrimack.edu (Rand P. Hall) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Re: Meaningful patches Message-ID: <6521@merrimack.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 09:37:35 GMT References: <6413@merrimack.edu> <1840@unocss.UUCP> Organization: Merrimack College, No. Andover, MA Lines: 17 In article <1840@unocss.UUCP>, fritz@unocss.UUCP (Tim Russell) writes: > 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. Actually, I don't care if they are diff/patch or SLP. I was commenting on: "Well, I found a problem in the foo_bar section of zippy.c here's the 50 lines of code that will fix it..." Again, I'm not complaining--just letting everyone know *I* benefit from having them posted as FORMAL patches. Rand P. Hall UUCP: {uunet,bbn,ulowell}!ginosko!hubdub!rand Merrimack College CSNET: rand@merrimack.edu N. Andover, MA 508.683.7111 Dukakis = 15% tax hike + $1.3 billion deficit