On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Andreas Kupries <andre...@activestate.com>wrote:
> On 2/3/2012 7:25 AM, Richard Hipp wrote: > >> For some time now, the SQLite and Fossil websites have been running on the >> "retro-sbsdiff" branch of Fossil. The retro-sbsdiff branch uses a vastly >> simplified format for the side-by-side diffs that omits all of the colors >> and >> decoration and provides plain-text output - essentially the same output >> as you >> would get on the command-line using the -y flag. Example: >> >> http://www.sqlite.org/src/**info/21695c3476<http://www.sqlite.org/src/info/21695c3476> >> >> I find the "retro" side-by-side diff to be much more readable, which is >> why I >> am using it on the SQLite and Fossil websites, as well as on my desktop. >> And >> I've heard no complaints from users about the retro sbsdiffs on the >> website. >> > > But before I merge the retro-sbsdiff branch into trunk (and hence purge >> the >> existing colorful sbs diff from the trunk) I thought I would as for >> community >> feedback. Are there strong preferences one way or another? >> > > (At this point I haven't looked at all the other responses which seem to > have gotten in in the half hour I was walking to the office) > > Looking at the new retro-look and the color look side-by-side (*, sic) I > strongly prefer the colorized sbs. If I could have only one that would be > the one I would go for. If both looks get their own strong following then > it might be advisable to have an admin setting in the repository to choose > which of the looks to show. > The design of the diff system is such that it would be a major (and undesirable) change to provide support for both side-by-side diff formats. > > (Ad *): > http://core.tcl.tk/tk/ci/**1cb7c1e06a?sbs=1<http://core.tcl.tk/tk/ci/1cb7c1e06a?sbs=1> > > -- > Andreas Kupries > Senior Tcl Developer > Code to Cloud: Smarter, Safer, Faster™ > > P: 778.786.1122 > F: 778.786.1133 > andre...@activestate.com > http://www.activestate.com > Learn about Stackato for Private PaaS: http://www.activestate.com/** > stackato <http://www.activestate.com/stackato> > > ______________________________**_________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.**org <fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org> > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:**8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**fossil-users<http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users> > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org
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