GNU bug report logs - #20290
25.0.50; Use unified diff format by default, and recommend using it in reports and patches

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 20:07:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 20290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20290: 25.0.50;
 Use unified diff format by default, and recommend using it in reports
 and patches
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 23:03:57 -0400

> These days -u format is far more popular than -c format in practice, and
> I expect that most active Emacs developers prefer -u, so it's appropriate
> for Emacs to default to -u and for trouble.texi to suggest it.

That's my impression as well.


        Stefan
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