RE: Generation of Diffs for WS-Policy Working Drafts

I know that Norm Walsh has generated diffs of WDs for other WGs.  

Maybe we can consult Norm on this matter?  Norm?

/paulc

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-ws-policy-eds-request@w3.org [mailto:public-ws-policy-eds-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Prasad Yendluri
> Sent: August 9, 2006 2:25 PM
> To: Asir Vedamuthu; Prasad Yendluri; public-ws-policy-eds@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Generation of Diffs for WS-Policy Working Drafts
> 
> 
> Certainly. Currently I have the ant build file modified in my private
> environment to diff against a specific revision but, that can be made more
> intelligent.
> 
> The main issue however is to get the diff to work reliably and to capture
> all changes from the previous targeted version.
> 
> As I mentioned on the call today, I have not succeeded in producing a good
> diff that captures all changes. I experimented quite a bit and turned on
> all
> the options that are remotely related. Still no luck.
> 
> Has anyone had a chance to try this tool out and had better success?
> 
> Are there other tools we can check out?
> 
> Regards,
> Prasad
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Asir Vedamuthu [mailto:asirveda@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:34 PM
> To: Prasad Yendluri; public-ws-policy-eds@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Generation of Diffs for WS-Policy Working Drafts
> 
> I am wondering if the diff generation (via DIFFMK) can be automated
> through
> the ant build file.
> 
> PS: the FPWD version of ws-policy-framework.xml is at
> http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/~checkout~/2006/ws/policy/ws-policy-

> framework.xml?r
> ev=1.15&content-type=text/plain&only_with_tag=Working-Draft-31-July-2006
> (tagged version)
> 
> Asir
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: public-ws-policy-eds-request@w3.org
> [mailto:public-ws-policy-eds-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Prasad Yendluri
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:15 PM
> To: public-ws-policy-eds@w3.org
> Subject: RE: Generation of Diffs for WS-Policy Working Drafts
> 
> Folks,
> 
> I used the diffmk program to generate the diffs of the framework and
> attachment docs.
> I used one of the early versions as base to compare against for both (CVS
> v1.2 for framework and v1.3 for attachment).
> Attached are the so called diff versions. diff-A.html is the attachment
> doc
> diff and diff-F.html is the framework doc diff.
> Do they look right? I am not so sure ☺
> 
> Regards,
> Prasad
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: public-ws-policy-eds-request@w3.org
> [mailto:public-ws-policy-eds-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Prasad Yendluri
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 6:32 PM
> To: public-ws-policy-eds@w3.org
> Subject: Generation of Diffs for WS-Policy Working Drafts
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I checked on the following Action Items and it seems the DiffMk tool at:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/diffmk/

> is a popular one that some folks use.  I checked it out, and it seems to
> work fine for me.
> I can try and generate the diffs.
> 
> I will use the editors’ copies at as the current versions:
> • Web Services Policy 1.5 - Framework
> • Web Services Policy 1.5 - Attachment
> Is there is a quick link to the version of the specs that we want to diff
> these against?
> 
> Regards,
> Prasad
> 
> 
> 
> Editors to respond to Fredericks request.
> <scribe> ACTION: Editors to respond to Fredericks request to have a diff
> version for the WDs [recorded in
> http://www.w3.org/2006/07/26-ws-policy-minutes.html#action06]
> 
> 
>     Editorr’s call  ACTION: Prasad to check re
> http://www.w3.org/2006/07/26-ws-policy-minutes.html#action06

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