Hi Stephen,
Before I say anything else, are you happy with "patch reordering"? I can
go for that if you think it's really better.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
To be blunt, I suggest <nothing> is better than "smart patch" or
"patch commutation", because they are claims that we can't
substantiate to the potential user
This comment really confuses me. AFAIK "commutation" is precisely the
correct term. Patch commutation is the source of patch algebra. Patch
algebra (AFAIK) is just patch commutation.
I understand if you feel that "commutation" is too mathematical (I might
disagree, but I understand). But I don't understand when you say that we
can't substantiated. In particular, I don't see how "ordering" can be
more easily substantiated than "commutation".
Putting this issue aside, if you like the term "patch reordering" I am
willing to rewrite all my work based around that term. I just hope that
we can make progress and not windup in a never-ending thread.
> * Smart - Thanks to its Patch Commutation feature, darcs lets you
> cherrypick, merge, apply patches in different orders, ...
I don't see a real advantage here over
I don't object to your phrasing, and I'll be happy to bulk copy from
what you wrote. That said, I think that it is useful to have a short,
simple term to crystallize the feature in people's minds.
So, the general principles I'm advocating here are that (1) people
are going to find the identification of "implementation of behavior
features" with "patch set" *intuitive*, and
Personally I don't think that emphasizing "sets" vs "sequences" will
help. I think that a lot of people would find that simultaneously
obscure and mathematical. Just say that darcs can apply patches in any
order.
The other things you wrote in this paragraph sound good.
This UI-based appeal seems a little dull if you've drunk the "patch
theory" Kool-Aid, but the point of the home page and most related top
pages is to appeal to those who haven't gotten on to patch theory yet.
Do notice that I have been trying to suggest alternate ways to convey
what makes darcs special without saying "patch theory". Please give me
some credit for that. We wouldn't be having this discussion if it
weren't because I decided to help with documentation and remove patch
theory from the front page.
Daniel.
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