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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues
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Andrew Suffield |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues |
Date: |
Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:50:34 +0100 |
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On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 05:42:42PM +0200, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Andrew Suffield <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >> The changeset format does not handle binaries efficiently, and
> >> certain text files (e.g. XML files not created by a text editor and
> >> formated for readability).
> >
> > Right, nothing does. Unsolved problem. Nothing to do with
> > tla. Supporting this would be fairly easy if the problem were ever
> > solved.
>
> Well, xdelta ( http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~jmacd/xdelta.html )
> already handles binary files rather well ...
Any idiot can write a diff, it's just an extension of the LCS
algorithm - all you have to do is define the alphabet, then cut the
code.
The hard part is writing a patch. xdelta has no such equivalent. The
only thing it does is delta-compression. tla has no real use for that.
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, (continued)
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Andrew Suffield, 2004/06/09
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Andrew Suffield, 2004/06/09
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Florian Weimer, 2004/06/09
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Andrew Suffield, 2004/06/09
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Tom Lord, 2004/06/14
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Florian Weimer, 2004/06/22
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Some issues, Tom Lord, 2004/06/22