Re: Patching packages (WAS Re: Who is maintainer of pcl-cvs)
Jarl Friis wrote:
> There are two instances of the patch in your previous mail.
>
> Once verbatim and once as attachment.
>
> Why is that?
>From the `describe-beta' I read:
Emailed patches should preferably be sent in MIME format and quoted
printable encoding (if necessary).
I took that as both verbatim quoted in the email and a MIME
attachement, let me know if I misunderstood this.
You did.
Is the "and" ment as an "or"?
No. "using" would be a reasonable substution, i.e.
Emailed patches should preferably be sent in MIME format,
using quoted printable encoding (if necessary).
What is "quoted printable encoding"?
It's a mechanism for ensuring that the data isn't modified during
transit. Certain characters are encoded as "=XX", where XX is the
character's hex value. Also any newlines which are introduced to break
lines to the 80-character limit are preceded with an "=".
Basically, it's saying "use quoted-printable encoding rather than
base-64 encoding or no encoding". Base-64 is completely illegible
unless decoded; no encoding risks data corruption in transit.
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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements(a)virgin.net>