Robert Dodier wrote:
> On 8/31/09, andre maute <andre.maute at gmx.de> wrote:
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>> Couldn't someone (a script?) always upload a gzipped diff-file
>> along the latest maxima-XX.YY.ZZ.tar.gz and it's predecessor?
>>
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> You can already get exactly that information from CVS.
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I can sympathize with Andre. Sometimes it's a hassle to deal with CVS
(especially if you, like me, are behind a firewall that won't let you do
anon CVS access). So having diff files are convenient. I used to do
this with xemacs updates since getting the diffs was usually much
smaller than grabbing the entire tarball for the new release. (I
couldn't access xemacs CVS repo through the firewall. Now the xemacs
has switched to hg, it's not a problem since hg can tunnel through http.)
But I also understand this is a burden on someone who could be doing
something else.
Ray