Re: Patches

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:42:02 -0500


Daniel Phillips wrote:
> Netscape is bad news for patches, both sending and receiving. On send
> it wraps lines and doesn't let you see the wrapped version until after
> it's sent - on receive it likes to convert tabs to spaces. Avoid.

I use Netscape Mail all the time to send patches, and it works
beautifully 95% of the time.

If you attach the patch, Netscape detects it is text/plain and does not
encode it. People who dislike MIME complain a bit, but at least you can
see the patch and comment on it. And attaching the patch ensures that
no editor mangling occurs.

That said, every now and then, Netscape's text/plain autodetect will
puke and eat an attached patch. But that happens so infrequently that
the utility outweighs the pain.

Jeff

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Building 1024     |  people, my friend: Those with loaded guns
MandrakeSoft      |  and those who dig. You dig."  --Blondie
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