[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > may I suggest to use xdelta to produce binary diffs besides
> > `diff'? Usually, such diffs are smaller, and addtionally, it is
> > not necessary to build all the new files again (which sometimes
> > does not work as expected :-)
>
> I don't think we ever produce diffs for binary files.
>
> Maybe a misunderstanding. xdelta should be used not to produce diffs
> for binary files but to produce diffs between tar archives, e.g.
For changes to be useful, you must be able to use standard software to
apply them. xdelta is not (yet) standard software. Since we also use
diffs to track what happens in development, they changes must be human
readable. xdelta also fails this requirement.
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