> > replica was already there, > > I don't like replica, it is too fragile and too slow, but I don't > think my opinion on this matters much. > > (Now that we have python we could use hg... although I fail to quite > see the issue with plain tarballs)
might depend on what you're doing. when updating something on sources, i find it much easier to copy the few modified files than to fiddle around making a tarball. i also appreciate being able to use standard tools on the beast in place like diff, history, etc. it's been less error-prone for me, too. - erik
