On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Adam Haberlach wrote:
> What is a good way to create patches? Can/should I use
> the `cvs diff` command? Should I have parallel orig/new source
> trees?
context diffs are a must, unified cause too many problems ... cvs diff -c
should do it ...
> In continuation of the BeOS thread, would anyone scream
> bloody murder if I created a smaller patch that just affected
> libpq, to at least get frontend support into the tree for the
> time being?
As long as nobody can see anything that it would break ... in general, its
much much easier to get a series of smaller patches in then one big one,
as its easier/faster for someone to go through and see any problems it
might cause ...