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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Let's take a break from the regularly scheduled passive-agressive
> > flamefest and think about an imaginary Versioning System (iVS)
> > that meets the features that are being talked about. Here's the
> > first thought off the top of my head:
> >
> > 1) Use some kind of MIME file-type mapping to control settings
> > for locking/concurrency (so that your source files are controlled
> > concurrently but images use hard locks)
> >
> > 2) Use similar by-file-type mappings to controll the diff and
> > sync algorithms used (standard text diff for ascii or unicode,
> > something like Xdelta for your PNGs)
[...]
>If images are using hard locks, why should you diff them? For what
>purpose?
Knowing that two files differ is still useful, especially when deciding
if the workspace is up to date. As for actually seeing the differences
(i.e. doing a "cvs diff"), displaying the images side-by-side might be
useful.
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