[TYPO3-dev] Cleaning up specific cached pages

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Franz Koch wrote:
> How about setting up a page on typo3.org with two upload fields in which 
> the original file and the modification can be uploaded and the page 
> generates a proper diff-file - maybe simply in a textarea for copy and 
> past into a plain textfile?

Yes this would be good. But who will make it? As far as I see there are 
more talk about typo3.org than actual work. I did not follow recent 
discussions but it looks like typo3org mailing list is silent again.

> I think this might be better then writing a manual, tell the user that 
> he has to download some tools (which are probably not that easy to find 
> for windows or some other OS) and switch to command line.

Well, "diff windows" gives result just fine in Google ;)

> [rant]
> Hmm, core developers could make a div them selfs if it is so easy ;)
> [/rant]

It will not work. Suppose there is original file and 10 people supply 
different modifications. After a month or so file will change so much 
that no one will understand what change was made to original file in 
submitted changes. Diff shows it very well. It only gives modified areas 
and usually it is possible to apply it manually even if automatic 
patching fails.

It is not just we are (core team) too lazy. It is for safety and 
reliability of the core code.

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Dmitry Dulepov
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