Re: [ietf-types] Status of application/patch or text/patch?

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 2012-07-11 03:12, Jon Moore wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Given the recent arrival of HTTP PATCH in RFC 5789[1], it seems like

2+ years :-)

> registering a media type for the output of the 'diff' utility would be
> a good idea. I found this thread from 2007 where Julian Reschke
> proposed this exact thing:
>
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf-types/current/msg00591.html
>
> Does anyone know where this landed? I'd like to pick up the torch and

Nowhere, as far as I can tell.

> at least work on text/diff (using the unified diff format, and limited
> to those diffs that can be rendered as valid text/* types). I've
> started putting together an Internet Draft for it, but was wondering
> if this had actually run into technical trouble, or if it just ran out
> of steam in 2007.
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated!

My recollection is that I got lost in the output format variations and 
potential copyrights.

So please go ahead; the IETF APPSAWG mailing list probably is a good 
place to get feedback.

Best regards, Julian