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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?
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Tom Lord |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch? |
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:52:00 -0800 (PST) |
> From: michael josenhans <address@hidden>
> arch as a version management is currently designed to work with:
> - text files
> the diff tool is designed to work with:
> - text files
> the patch sets:
> - are stored as tar files
> Should be a plug-in structure available to adapt on specific types.
> In current discussions, we see people requesting to use other storage
> formats for patchsets (see discussion on 'Re: patch-log sizes') or
> use it with other file types. E.g. XML- or SGML-files (see discussion on
> 'Re: arch and bookmark maintenance').
> For XML- or SGML-files a diff tool supporting automatic conflict
> resolution considering the XML/SGML syntax and eventually even the DTD
> would be useful.
> In extreme arch could be used for version management of
> OpenOffice-files, while are zipped XML-files.
> Knowing OpenOffice's storage format and DTD structure by having
> OO-plug-ins, arch could create patch sets from the diff's generated from
> OO files. Eventually this would lead to a very interesting method for
> collaborative work on office documents and on change tracking.
> Likely it would not work with current OO-files very well, but could arch
> as background infrastructure potentially provide change tracking and
> collaborative document work into such environments?
> Let's hear your opinions.
I think you are basically right but.....
As a practical matter, the foundational problem to solve first is the
"diff/patch" problem.
Can you make a diff-like and patch-like pair of tools (and, ideally, a
diff3-like tool) that are specialized for OO files? That interact
very well with OO editors and so forth?
Do that part first --- the arch part, after that, is pretty easy.
-t
- [Gnu-arch-users] File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, michael josenhans, 2003/12/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?,
Tom Lord <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, Robert Collins, 2003/12/19
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, michael josenhans, 2003/12/21
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, Thomas Zander, 2003/12/22
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, Andrew Suffield, 2003/12/22
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, Thomas Zander, 2003/12/22
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, Andrew Suffield, 2003/12/22
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File-tpye plug-in architecture for Arch?, michael josenhans, 2003/12/22