[Zope-dev] Zope 2.1.4 released...

[Tres Seaver]

Gregor Hoffleit <flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
> 
> Hmm,
> 
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 04:54:48PM -0500, Brian Lloyd wrote:
> > Also (I know many of you are already thinking it :), we are
> > working on a way to distribute "patch" releases for things
> > like this to make updates easier. Until then, for those who
> > _really_ just want to patch your installation you can
> > replace the file lib/python/ZPublisher/BaseRequest.py in
> > your installation with the one from the 2.1.4 distribution
> > and restart your Zope instance.
> 
> while it won't grok all cases (removed files etc.), why don't you start with
> providing simple diffs. At least most Unix folks would be glad about them:
> 
>   tar xvpzf Zope-2.1.3-src.tar.gz
>   tar xvpzf Zope-2.1.4-src.tar.gz
>   diff -urN Zope-2.1.3-src Zope-2.1.4-src >Zope-2.1.4.diff
> 
>   wc -l Zope-2.1.4.diff
>        82 Zope-2.1.4.diff
> 
> I.e. the patch is only 82 lines long or 3kb. Furthermore you can easily spot
> the changes.
> 
> I guess this won't help the win32 people, but it's better than having
> nothing IMHO.
> 
>     Gregor

Why not use 'cvs diff'?::

  cvs diff -r Zope-2_1_3-src -r Zope-2_1_4-src > Zope-2.1.4_2.1.3.diff

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