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Date: | Mon, 15 May 2000 14:42:54 -0400 |
From: | Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: [jorg DOT schaible AT db DOT com: Setup and zlib, libpng] |
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In-Reply-To: | <20000515180038.21004.qmail@web113.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Mon, May 15, 2000 at 11:00:38AM -0700 |
On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 11:00:38AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote: >> My original intent was to avoid this problem: Port version X. Version >> Y released; version X deleted. Time to port version Y. What did you >> change? With no base sources to diff against, you're out of luck. >> >> So, I had hoped we could somehow keep enough information in the >> distribution to be able to know, quickly, what was involved in the >> port. >> >> The diff would always be against the original sources, i.e. they're >> what we needed to add to do the port. > >Personally, if I as a user download the source file from the cygwin >sight or mirror I would like it to configure and make without applying >a patch. I agree. I don't think that this invalidates what DJ said, though. We could still keep a .diff file in the distribution that shows how we got to the current state. cgf
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