From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Dec 28 13:43: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9334914D9A for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:42:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA05818 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:42:57 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id WAA74054 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:42:57 +0100 (MET) Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F28114F39; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:42:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from beppo.feral.com (beppo [192.67.166.79]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA05458; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:44:52 -0800 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 13:42:37 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Warner Losh Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format In-Reply-To: <199912282139.OAA64375@harmony.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -u over -c will break the movement of diffs from *BSD to Solaris which I use every nigh t. On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: > : I'm tired of getting useless diffs from clueless people in traditional > : format. I'd like to change the default format to -u (or even -c if that > : is more popular). Opinions? > > I'd love to see the default format changed to -u (since most people > have learned to read it, but there are a few vocal exceptions). I > worry that it will break scripts, cvs, etc. What is the impact of > doing this? > > Warner > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message