On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gwern Branwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2008.04.24 07:50:00 -0700, David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled > 4.5K characters: > > Any volunteers to write the HCAR entry for darcs? > > > > David > > I guess we could just edit the '07 entry, to look like this: > > ----- > > Darcs is a distributed revision control system written in Haskell. In > darcs, every copy of your source code is a full repository, which allows for > full operation in a disconnected environment, and also allows anyone with > read access to a darcs repository to easily create their own branch and > modify it with the full power of darcs' revision control. Darcs is based on > an underlying theory of patches, which allows for safe reordering and > merging of patches even in complex scenarios. For all its power, darcs > remains very easy to use tool for every day use because it follows the > principle of keeping simple things simple. > > 2008 has seen some major milestones reached in the development of Darcs: > years of development of Darcs-2 culminated in a recent release of Darcs > 2<http://2.0.0.>. > Darcs 2 <http://2.0.0.0> introduces a number of new features and bug fixes > big and small. The most notable changes include fixing the 'conflict bug', > supporting a new repository format with refined semantics, adding hashed > repositories for increased speed and robustness, and a global cache for > faster downloading of patches. In the 1.x branch of Darcs, since the last > HCAR, support for GHC 6.8.x was added. > > Darcs has also seen a revamp of its infrastructure. User visible changes > include a consolidation of the stable and unstable development branches and > separation of functions for the two mailing lists. Future work for Darcs > will center around building interesting new features using the new > repository format, continued optimizing and code restructuring, improving > testing of Darcs and adding buildbots, and completing transition to 'type > witnesses' to ensure provably correct patch manipulation. > > Patches great and small are heartily welcomed! > > Darcs is free software licensed under the GNU GPL. I think Gwern touched on all the important topics, but I felt the need to say things slightly differently. More editing is welcomed. Jason
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