Diff files in a more friendly format

[Steven Ottens]

If a file is updated which differs from the original file, the option to see the
difference between files i given.
This will show the diff between the installed file and the to-be-installed one.
The format is just like any diff file, and is not too clear for n00bs like me ;).
I was thinking showing the diff in a similar fashion as meld (two columns,
colours n stuff) might improve the overview of the changes.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Meld is something I would love to integrate. My idea was to let you speficiy a
(optional) external application that can do the diffing for you (like meld) :)

This is something for breezy (but it shouldn't be too hard to do).

Cheers,
 Michael

[Steven Ottens (ubuntu-minst)]

yes, an option to choose what program to use is even better, looking forward to
it :)

[Diego Gaustein (gregorovius)]

I think specifying an external app (like Meld, which is great though) goes against being user-friendly. I think it would be better if the default diff view had colours (green for new, red for old) or something alike.

Cheers

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Michael is this something that could happen for Intrepid?