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[Julian Edwards <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 23 August 2010 08:02:57 Michael Nelson wrote:
> > I would have no problem with always generating a diff. I assumed the UI
> > was like that because you didn't want to pay that cost.
> 
> AFAIK, it is a cost consideration, but IMO to consider that cost we'd
> want to take into account whether the diff is always going to be
> consulted (or if in 90% etc.). If it was nearly always used, or if we
> new it was always used in certain situations, it would simplify the
> workflow to just make sure it was there and didn't need to be
> requested. I'm not sure if it was already discussed before I was
> involved... Julian? StevenK?

We didn't discuss this anywhere that I know of.  I'd be keen to keep these 
diffs "on demand" initially at least because they will require a good chunk of 
CPU to keep up-to-date, and generating them on demand will be quite quick.

J