Because the diffs in the bug report are often useful when trying to
reconstruct or even backport an entire fix. Simply looking at the diffs
in the SCCS history for a file doesn't give you the whole picture. It
only gives you the change to that specific file.
-Norm
Jyri Virkki wrote:
> Mike.Sullivan at sun.com wrote:
>
>> BTW please go make sure to fill out the suggested fix for each bug,
>> I looked at two and saw none. While it would be best to put the
>> fix for each bug only in that bug, if you can't it's ok to attach
>> the diffs to one and then point the other bugs at that one. Please
>> don't attach the tarballs of course, just the other changes.
>>
>
> Who in the current process makes use of diff's in/attached to the CRs?
> For what purpose?
> Why?
>
> I dislike diffs in CR text (for what should hopefully be obvious
> reasons) so I want to explore why is this being done and how to fix it
> in the process of whoever is dependent on them.
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