On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> wrote: > (cc-ing tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net) > > Apparently, if > > HKCU/Software/TortoiseOverlays, ShowUnversionedOverlay > HKCU/Software/TortoiseOverlays, ShowIgnoredOverlay > > are not set (in the registry of the user!), then these icons are now > dropped, starting with version 1.1.0 of TortoiseOverlays. > > http://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/source/detail?spec=svn18986&r=18986 > > This is a very surprising change to be done on a shared component.
I have not gone through the thread, but it does sound like a very drastic move. One would expect they at least attempt to maintain certain level of backward compatibility with the existing applications. I wonder what lead to such decisions. > This renders both of these icons definitely useless for TortoiseHg. > > We used the Unversioned overlay for TortoiseHg in the past (<= version > 1.0 of thg) but I removed its use from our stable branch due to problems > with the combination of Windows 7 and TortoiseOverlays <=1.0.15, which > used to drop the Unversioned handler first if TortoiseOverlays detected > an overpopulation of slot handlers. > > I first considered trying to go back and try using it again with > TortoiseOverlays 1.1.0, thanks to the new dropping prio order. But if we > have to enable it in the registry for *every user*, then the Unversioned > overlay is now definitely useless for us. > > At least, I would suggest to document this in > http://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/source/browse/trunk/src/TortoiseOverlays/Documentation.txt > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Tortoisehg-develop mailing list > Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-develop mailing list Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop
