* Brandon Stout [Thu, 13 Sep 2007 at 23:29 -0600]
<quote>
> Andrew McNabb wrote:
> > This is one of the main reasons I avoid using OpenDocument files.  I
> > don't mean that in the obnoxious sense--I really wish I could use them
> > more, but I don't because I can't check them in, etc.  As much as I like
> > LaTeX, it's not perfect for everything.  I use it for everything,
> > though, because it's a plain text format.
> >
> > I would love an answer to your question.
> 
> OpenDocument is a plain text file ziped to save space.

Is there a reason that SCMs don't do deltas on 'binary' files? I mean
besides the obvious they're opaque to a human. Still, it's all just bits
to the computer anyway. So why not store deltas on binaries?

Von Fugal

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