Received: from spf5.us4.outblaze.com (spf5.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.27]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iB61Ban8016233 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 01:11:36 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf5.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE5976FB1 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 01:11:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cb7ZP-0002Nc-Oa for migo@homemail.com; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:21:43 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cb7X7-0001sE-RS for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:19:21 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Cb7X6-0001rM-3r for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:19:20 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cb7X5-0001r0-IC for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:19:19 -0500 Received: from [83.216.134.182] (helo=cyclone.suffields.me.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cb7N1-0000wp-TX for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:08:56 -0500 Received: from asuffield by cyclone.suffields.me.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cb7Mz-0000kr-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 01:08:53 +0000 Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 01:08:53 +0000 From: Andrew Suffield To: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Arch Versus CVS Versus Subversoin Message-ID: <20041206010853.GA2799@suffields.me.uk> Mail-Followup-To: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org References: <20041205000613.PNEI7152.lakermmtao09.cox.net@nonerjsnum1tkq> <41B376B4.2060605@arbash-meinel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <41B376B4.2060605@arbash-meinel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2039719033==" Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 1754 Lines: 66 --===============2039719033== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+" Content-Disposition: inline --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 02:59:32PM -0600, John A Meinel wrote: > Arch does not support binary diff in the subversion sense. Nonsense, it works just fine. > In general, to do appropriate binary diffs, you must know the file=20 > format, and have an intelligent diff program. That's not a binary diff. That's some other format-specific diff. > I think the reason people want binary diff (it's why I wanted it) was to= =20 > decrease the amount of space used in the archive. Compression is not related in any way. --=20 .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- | --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBs7EllpK98RSteX8RApQeAJ4tkV5evMcbNpHiZEdgj3XpSh+Q6gCfRUlh 96wNO+uJisW06GIdAV/TXRU= =f5E3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+-- --===============2039719033== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/ --===============2039719033==--