Re: [darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

On Aug 31, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Ganesh Sittampalam wrote: > > I thought the suggestion was for compatibility between darcs 1 > repos and > hashed repositories that were still using darcs 1 semantics, rather > than > full-blown darcs-2 repos. Yes, my idea was to automate this "best practice": h

Re: [darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Jason Dagit wrote: > Because darcs-1 and darcs-2 repositories vary mostly by semantics and > only slightly by file format, I guess I don't really know how to make > darcs-2 semantics map into darcs-1 semantics without all the familiar > problems of darcs-1 repositories. I'm c

Re: [darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > > So for the record, why is it that you won't make darcs maintain a > darcs-1-format > repository internally? Because it would complicate the darcs source? In this > ticket kowey

[darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

Zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Those sound like good reasons to me. I guess I was hoping that it would turn out to be easy. __ Darcs bug tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___

[darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

Eric Kow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I thought it would complicate the darcs source, that the resulting combo-repositories might confuse older darcs >= 2.0.0, and that the feature (interesting as it is) wouldn't be used enough to justify the extra work all the more because there alread

[darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

Zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: So for the record, why is it that you won't make darcs maintain a darcs-1-format repository internally? Because it would complicate the darcs source? In this ticket kowey asked Jason for his opinion on that, but Jason didn't reply. _

[darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

Eric Kow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Indeed http://bugs.darcs.net/issue997 would be a great feature (especially for our poor Windows users). Marking wont-fix and thinking about 2.0.3. Thanks! -- status: chatting -> wont-fix __ Darcs bug tracke

Re: [darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

zooko writes: > It would help to fix any regressions and release darcs-2.0.3 ASAP, > and for the 2.0.3 release announcement to be written and sent by > someone other than David Roundy. I don't mean any slight to David > Roundy, for whom I have great respect and appreciation, but he has

Re: [darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:22 AM, Eric Kow wrote: > Zooko: is there anything we can do that might ease the upgrade > path? I hope > that we can get far enough just by encouraging people to use hashed > repositories > locally and gently encouraging server admins to upgrade their darcs > binaries.