Re: VCS comparison table

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 09:41 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Robert Collins wrote:

quoted

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 11:20 +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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          ---- time --->

    --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- <branch>
          \            /
           \-*--X--*--/

The branch it used to be on is gone...

In bzr 0.12 this is :
2.1.2

(assuming the first * is numbered '1'.)

These numbers are fairly stable

And here, by "fairly stable", you really mean "totally idiotic", don't 
you?

Guys, let's be blunt here, and just say you're wrong. The fact is, I've 
used a system that uses the same naming bzr does, and I've used it likely 
longer and with a bigger project than anybody has likely _ever_ used bzr 
for.

It sounds like bzr is doing _exactly_ what bitkeeper did. 

Those "simple" numbers are totally idiotic. And when I say "totally 
idiotic", please go back up a few sentences, and read those again. I know 
what I'm talking about. I know probably better than anybody in the bzr 
camp.

Be as blunt as you want. You're expressing an opinion, and thats fine. I
happen to think that we're right : users appear to really appreciate
this bit of the UI, and I've not yet seen any evidence of confusion
about it - though I will admit there is the possibility of that
occurring.

I think its completely ok that git and bzr have made different choices
in this regard, but I *dont* think our choice is in any regard 'totally
idiotic'.

[snip examples that are clearly predicated on how bk worked, not on how
bzr works].

-Rob
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