Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
- From: Ladd Van Tol <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:20:42 -0700
Frankly, I'd rather have mixed line endings support than syntax
coloring, if it came down to it.
- Ladd
On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
No need to mention that FileMerge rely on DevTools private
Frameworks (look like at least for syntax coloration).
IMHO don't hope to get FileMerge sources.
Le 20 mars 08 à 18:18, Jim Ingham a écrit :
I don't know about FileMerge in specific, but Apple's policy on
Open Sourcing has always been that we don't use Open Source as a
dumping ground for projects that we are not actively supporting and
working on. We only Open Source projects we actually want to work
to develop a community around.
Jim
On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:01 AM, Ladd Van Tol wrote:
On Mar 19, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Chris Espinosa wrote:
You might want to check out the integrated SCM file merge in
Xcode proper, which a) is growing to address all the cases
covered by FileMerge (but hasn't yet) and b) does this properly.
We're not investing in fixing the creaky old FileMerge because
we've been diligently replacing it with an integrated function
that works right.
So while we're waiting, why not open source FileMerge? I've been
wanting mixed line endings support, and a few other minor changes
since Mac OS X Public Beta. Seven and a half years is a long time
to wait for a feature that should only take a few weeks of
engineering.
Additionally, please keep in mind that FileMerge is often used for
outside-of-SCM operations. Until Xcode can replace every use of
FileMerge, we still need it.
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