Re: [Axiom-developer] patches

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

root <address@hidden> writes:

| > > Another alternative that I have been thinking about is only 
| > > supporting a "diff and patch" interface for the online wiki version 
| > > of the source and documentation.
| > 
| > Maybe some people like diff and patch, I don't. I am not a computer and
| > have problems in reading the diffs. It is simply not natural for a human.
| 
| diff and patch are not intended to be read by humans. 

Maybe.  The fact that we have so many diff options (in particular -p)
is evidence that it is intended to be read by humans, albeit with
particular skill set. 

-- Gaby