On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 11:29:49AM -0400, David Roundy wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Ian Lynagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 10:07:29AM -0400, David Roundy wrote:
> >>
> >> That would be more honest than to say that your theory is similar to
> >> that of darcs 2.
> >
> > I'm not deliberately trying to be dishonest  :-)
> 
> I know, but by describing your theory as being similar to darcs 2,
> that is the effect.  It's much more similar to darcs 1.  The
> implementation is more similar to darcs 2, but the semantics are what
> is important to users--and to developers.  No one particularly cares
> what the patch looks like on its inside, or whether you've chosen to
> call your conflict patches "conflictors" rather than "mergers".

Well, I think the algorithms, repo invariants, etc are closer to darcs 2
than darcs 1, and that's what the people this doc is targetted at are
interested in.

But I'll add some clarification of the similarities and differences; I
think that that info is of interest anyway.


Thanks
Ian

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