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Bug 6838

Summary: Creating a patch without CVS/VCM support
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Andre Weinand <andre_weinand>
Component: CompareAssignee: Platform-Compare-Inbox <platform-compare-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: cagatayk, erich_gamma, Kevin_McGuire
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Windows 2000   
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 7504, 8091    

Description Andre Weinand CLA 2001-12-12 05:27:22 EST 
It should be possible to create a patch file without using CVS/VCM.
The Compare plugin could provide this functionality as a 'side effect'
of any compare operation.
In addition Java Compare could generate smart patches because it 
understands the structure of Java source and knows method boundaries.
Comment 1 Andre Weinand CLA 2002-02-12 10:41:58 EST 
Not M3.
Comment 2 Erich Gamma CLA 2002-04-11 02:38:12 EDT 
not for 2.0 (CC Kevin FYI)
Comment 3 Matthew Conway CLA 2004-04-26 12:20:12 EDT 
A patch against a time in local history would be cool too - or even a patch when
two resources are select in the navigator.
Comment 4 Denis Roy CLA 2009-08-30 02:21:06 EDT 
As of now 'LATER' and 'REMIND' resolutions are no longer supported.
Please reopen this bug if it is still valid for you.