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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