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Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca
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Nathaniel Smith |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca |
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Fri, 20 May 2005 11:37:21 -0700 |
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On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 03:37:38PM +0200, Wim Oudshoorn wrote:
> However in that case lcad has a bug :-)
Err, yep, sounds like it. Sigh.
> I have database with this example (artifically constructed).
I guess I should ask if you could turn it into an automated test case?
Though part of me would rather just get on with throwing out lcad...
> >> P.S.: As a stopgap measure, I still think my proposal of a week
> >> ago is better :-)
> >
> > Indeed, it looked quite interesting and plausible; I've been meaning
> > to respond, but it takes some effort to wrap my head back around what
> > sort of properties are needed and figure out whether I really believe
> > your suggestion handles all the bad cases...
>
> Ah, I don't think it will handle all the bad cases,
> I just thought it was better than lcad.
> But I can be persuaded otherwise :-)
Ah, well, sure, nothing can handle all the bad cases :-). I guess I
meant "no more unsafe than LCAD" when it comes to declaring something
a clean merge.
> And as suggested in another thread, it really depends on the
> development model you choose.
>
> At the moment I am trying to wrap my head around the merging problem as
> well. It is rather tricky and just creating a mathematical vocabulary
> is already quite challenging. I am writing everything down and
> when it comes to a stage that I can draw some conclusions and can
> be understood by more people than just me I will publish it.
Yep. You _are_ familiar with the precise cdv-merge work that Bram
(and I, and others) have done?
-- Nathaniel
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- [Monotone-devel] Bug in monotone lca, Wim Oudshoorn, 2005/05/19
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Bug in monotone lca, Timothy Brownawell, 2005/05/19
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Bug in monotone lca, Wim Oudshoorn, 2005/05/19
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Bug in monotone lca, Nathaniel Smith, 2005/05/19
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Wim Oudshoorn, 2005/05/20
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Nathaniel Smith, 2005/05/20
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Wim Oudshoorn, 2005/05/20
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca,
Nathaniel Smith <=
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Wim Oudshoorn, 2005/05/20
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Nathaniel Smith, 2005/05/20
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Florian Weimer, 2005/05/20
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Wim Oudshoorn, 2005/05/20
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Bug in monotone lca, Nathaniel Smith, 2005/05/20