Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:42:43 -0500
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> My vote is for -u.

It's not really a vote.  Either format can be used to apply changes to
the sources, and both have their ups and downs for readability (I use
both, depending on what I'm looking for in the diff).

My only request is to include at least two lines of context (-c2 or
-u2) to cut down on mis-applies.  Personally, I prefer -c for blocks
of multi-line changes, and -u for single-line changes (plus -p to
print function names).