[slime-devel] Daily ChangeLog diff

[Helmut Eller]

* Mark Harig [2010-04-18 19:29+0200] writes:

>>
>> P.S. Could you send unified diffs (-u option), it's much easier to 
> read.
>>
>
> I have been sending "context" difference listings because that is what
> is specified for patches in the Emacs manual:
>
> M-: (info "(emacs) Sending Patches")
>
>    * Use `diff -c' to make your diffs.  Diffs without context are hard
>      to install reliably.  More than that, they are hard to study; we
>      must always study a patch to decide whether we want to install it.
>      Unidiff format is better than contextless diffs, but not as easy
>      to read as `-c' format.
>
>
> Unfortunately, the SLIME manual does not document the preferred format
> for difference listings in patches.  Could the primary developers come
> to an agreement on what they prefer and add that to slime.texi?

It's in the file HACKING.

Helmut