Talk:Spiff (Unix)

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The topic also should be tagged as primary-sources - the github link does not count as a source any more than a download. When it was first announced, spiff sounded interesting. However, the code was limited functionally (and tended to dump core). I found that first hand, and recall reading comments justifying its not being packaged for the same reason. Rather than a separate topic, spiff might be useful as a footnote to a more general coverage of difference programs (there is nothing worth mentioning in Wikipedia at this time). TEDickey (talk) 21:41, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Well stated. Agreed. Shall we make it a section at diff or elsewhere? Richardc020 (talk) 21:47, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

As things are organized now, diff has the only relevant text, e.g., an application using the Miller/Myer algorithm. The content here could be merged in, to make a paragraph about spiff rather than just the lead-in sentence which is there now TEDickey (talk) 00:41, 19 June 2013 (UTC)