On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Daniel Vainsencher wrote:

> Seems to me that the distinction I'm asking for should be made based on
> the actual differences found. In the example I give, the empty package
> has no ancestors, and therefore the diff is two way, so you know nothing
> useful before you actually do the diff... IIUC.

Right - which is why merging into an empty package makes no sense to me...