Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: designing how to kill pristine trees

[Robert Collins]

On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 18:55, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <address@hidden> writes:

> 
>     Robert> I don't see any downside to having a library and a cache:
>     Robert> the cache can link from the library after all.

..........................hard..........   :}

> In other words, the library is the wrong place for the meta data; by
> having a separate location for the cache, the location is all the meta
> data you need?  So basically the library code is completely
> independent of everything else (except for straightforward use of
> do-patch in constructing a revision), while the changeset manipulating
> code has a search path, first in looks in the cache, then in the
> revision library?  I guess that's simple enough for me.

Yep. Except I was thinking rev library first, cache second, so the cache
will have no intersection with the revision library.

Rob
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