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RE: [platform-compare-dev] reusing RangeDifferencer
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Cool, thanks Andre.
- Stephen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: platform-compare-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:platform-compare-dev-
> admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andre Weinand
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:36 AM
> To: platform-compare-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [platform-compare-dev] reusing RangeDifferencer
>
>
> Stephen,
>
> >I'm playing with a potential generation/reverse-generation tool and
one
> >of the things I'd like to do is diff/patch in changes into existing
> >code. I haven't been able to find a stand alone Java API for doing
diffs
> >until I came across Eclipse's RangeDifferencer.
>
> There is even a patch component containing a 'Patcher' that knows how
> to apply patch files. However, that part is not as standalone as the
> RangeDifferencer.
>
> >I'd like to copy the RangeDifferencer code out to its own,
stand-alone
> >repository (possibly in either jakarta-commons or on tigris.org). I'm
> >not keen on two, separately-maintained code bases; would the compare
> >devs be interested in removing the RangeDifferencer code from the
> >eclipse repo and instead having a dependency the jar'd form of the
other
> >project?
>
> We appreciate that you consider the RangeDifferencer for your own
work,
> however we think it would be too early for us to commit ourselves to
> an external and not yet existent code base.
> In addition the RangeDifferencer is a fairly small piece of code, so
> having potentially two copies of it in one software system doesn't
seem
> to be a big problem.
> Therefore I suggest that you make a copy of it.
> And if you find bugs or add improvements please let us know and we
will
> decide whether we want to stay in synch...
>
> >Also, I'd appreciate any hints or concerns about separating out
> >RangeDifferencer code. I haven't seen any potential issues yet, but I
> >just came across the code. Does this sound like a good idea?
>
> I think the RangeDifferencer has no dependencies on other parts of
Eclipse,
> so you shouldn't encounter any problems.
>
> --andre
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