Stefano Zacchiroli <z...@debian.org> writes: > Actually, this is something I've been pondering about for a > while. Having /etc under some VCS (as many of us, I presume, already > have by the means of etckeeper and similar tools), diff file merging > can be seriously improved.
I tend to disagree. >From a user point of view, you will get the same diff output whether a SCM performs the diff or ucf performs the diff. So your proposal will probably not help my mother-in-law to upgrade the packages on her system ;-) For seasoned sys admin, storing /etc/ files under a SCM will give a much better roll-back capability if a config is screwed up by a manual merge. All the best -- Dominique Dumont "Delivering successful solutions requires giving people what they need, not what they want." Kurt Bittner irc: domidumont at irc.freenode.net ddumont at irc.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
