On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 01:15:07PM +0100, Eric Kow wrote: || I've updated the wiki to try using a table instead. What do you think? || || So should you upgrade? It's a trade-off! It makes sense to use the || darcs-2 format for new repositories (the improved merging is nicer), but || for some older repositories, just going to hashed repositories is good || enough. || || +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ || | Converting to darcs 2 | Staying with darcs 1 hashed | || +======================================+===================================+ || | The Darcs 2 format does a better | ... but the Darcs 2 format also | || | job at merging some common conflicts | has some important bugs dealing | || | (much less chance of exponential | with duplicate patches and nested | || | merge issues) | conflicts [1] | || +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ || | There are some known wont-fix | | || | bugs with Darcs 1 semantics [2] for | | || | which the recommendation is to | | || | upgrade to Darcs 2 format | | || +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ || | | The conversion can be difficult | || | | and it's NOT backward compatible. | || | | There could be a tricky | || | | transition period ahead | || +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
Fair enough, the info is there, and a table provides a nice visible overview. I'd say, put the left top against the right bottom, and the left middle against the right top. || [1] `Darcs-2 conflict handling bugs <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue?%40search_text=&title=&%40columns=title&topic=15&id=&%40columns=id&creation=&creator=&activity=&%40columns=activity&%40sort=activity&actor=&nosy=&priority=&%40group=priority&status=-1%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C16%2C17&%40columns=status&assignedto=&%40columns=assignedto&%40pagesize=50&%40startwith=0&%40queryname=&%40old-queryname=&%40action=search>`_ || [2] http://bugs.darcs.net/issue1075 ; and more What I take away from link [2] (without spending an inordinate amount of time) is no more than "darcs-1 (the program) has a bug we're not fixing". Ciao. Vincent. -- Vincent Zweije <zwe...@xs4all.nl> | "If you're flamed in a group you <http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?" [Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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