[darcs-users] Binary patches

[Sean E. Russell]

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On Friday 05 December 2003 11:34, Kevin Smith wrote:
> > IE, it is easier to change it earlier than later.
>
> I'm not sure I agree with this, entirely. Adding a new patch type later
> for binary diffs would be easy. The only downside is that older versions
> of darcs will not be able to handle those patches. I really don't know
> how important backward compatibility is.

You're probably right.  I was thinking that having to support two types of 
patches would be troublesome, but it may not be.

David, is your reluctance due to the effort in implementing a decent binary 
diff algorithm, or in some practical application of the algorithm -- such as 
time and space requirements?

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