Re: Diff of this page with other version

On 02/03/2024 17:33, Tom Lane wrote:

> Erik Wienhold <ewie(at)ewie(dot)name> writes:
>
>> I think you underestimate the effort because the changes are not always
>> as clear (adding one line) as for copy.sgml as you've shown above. For
>> example, if I check create_table.sgml between v15 and v16, I see that
>> the addition of STORAGE modified an existing line. So that regex has to
>> match and wrap just the relevant substring. When new storage modes are
>> added we end up with nested version info in order to compare vXX with
>> pre v16:
>
> Yeah. I think the chances of getting people to do this in the .sgml
> files are precisely zero. What might have a chance of happening is
> to provide a way on the website of running htmldiff or similar tool
> over two versions of a doc page on-the-fly and show the results.
>
> regards, tom lane

I agree with Tom, I think automation of this process is the way to go
here.

Best regards,
Jimmy