Re: install-module discarding diff files

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Elijah Newren">

> On 3/17/07, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > install-module is creating diff files between two releases. However,
> > when there's a change in a binary file, the diff file is discarded.
> >
> > Christian argues that the diff should still be kept, since it's better
> > than nothing.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > See this bug for more background:
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156122
> 
> Sounds reasonable to me, I guess.  But it'd be nice to know the
> original reason behind discarding those diffs, to see if there's
> something we're overlooking.  Maybe Jeff knows?

I discarded them because I wouldn't want anyone relying on them to represent
the true difference between releases. Simply not having them is a safeguard
for people who are not being inordinately attentive to the process.

- Jeff

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