Re: feature/package+vc 04c4c578c7 3/4: Allow for packages to be installed directly from VCS

[Philip Kaludercic]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> FWIW, I suspect that your `git blame` will give the same answer as the
>>> corresponding `git log` (it will probably end up using the same code
>>> under the hood), but I don't understand what you mean above.  I think
>>> `git log` would accept the exact same `-L` as you use for `git blame`
>>> and will deal with "the issue that the Version header might move" in the
>>> exact same way.
>>
>> Well apparently not, but I am not entirely sure what the issue was.  If
>> you want to, I could take a better look at it and figure out if I missed
>> something.
>
> Not worth it.  As I said, I think it'll give the same info anyway.
>
>>> I find this part of VC beyond repair: AFAICT the notion of
>>> "tag/snapshot/..."  has been defined "on the fly" with a narrow view of
>>> what was needed for one particular situation at a particular time.
>>>
>>> It's probably worth "throwing it out" (well, keeping it on life support)
>>> and introducing a whole new set of operations based on a design that
>>> tries to accommodate all the various related notions out there.
>>
>> I agree, but that issue goes beyond the proposal of feature/package+vc.
>
> No doubt :-)

OK, I've merged master into feature/package+vc, resolving all conflicts
and would be prepared to merge feature/package+vc if there are no
further objections.