Re: [Monotone-devel] [PATCH] and RFC: binary files merging and hook

[rghetta]

On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 20:07 +0100, Joel Crisp wrote:
> I just don't think that it is fair to expect everyone to program what should 
> be standard functionality in hooks.
> 
> Hooks should be there for functionality which is non-standard, e.g. 
> integration with "my" software process rather than 
> yours...mailing when checkins are done, or enforcing lifecycle constraints.
> 
> Choosing how to handle common file types hardly fits into that category, and 
> I think the average user would prefer that to be 
> supported via a less obscure mechanism.
> 
> To give you some comparason: in a recent government job I worked in we 
> weren't allowed to use triggers _at all_ (in clearcase, which 
> uses perl) on the grounds that no-one else would be able to maintain 
> them....let alone in a language with the limited uptake of lua 
> (note, I personally think it is ok as a language, but the perception in the 
> industry as a whole is that it is a game programmers 
> language not a 'commercial' one)

Could you provide some example of an acceptable syntax ? 
How you like to specify merging behaviour, how to identify a filetype,
etc.
I really don't see how implement what you want without resorting to some
hook programming, unless we add a built-in filetype identifier. 
And even with something like that you need to handle the uncommon
filetype ...

Riccardo