Closed
Bug 1748531
Opened 3 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
Don't use kdiff3 by default
Categories
(Firefox Build System :: MozillaBuild, enhancement)
Firefox Build System
MozillaBuild
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
People
(Reporter: mhentges, Assigned: mhentges)
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KDiff3 is useful, but complex software. It is scarily confusing to look at, especially for first-time contributors.
Besides, despite being the default, it's only used by ~a quarter of Windows devs (according to the survey from late 2021).
Let's default to internal:merge instead, and let users set their own ui.merge tool in their user config if they want KDiff3/etc.
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Comment 1•3 years ago
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KDiff3 is powerful, but not very easy to learn for new developers.
Instead, use the rudimentary internal:merge tool by default.
Developers who prefer KDiff3 can specify it in ui.merge in their user
config.
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Updated•3 years ago
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Assignee: nobody → mhentges
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Pushed by mhentges@mozilla.com:
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-build/rev/ae1ba9247f68
Use internal:merge by default r=glandium
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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Updated•2 years ago
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Product: mozilla.org → Firefox Build System
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