Re: [glob2-devel] Hg cleanup status

[Stéphane Magnenat]

> The fact that I use Mercurial extensively at work and have experience
> editing my own private repository histories is exactly why I am so
> strongly opposed to editing the public glob2 history. Apart from the
> actual history modification, whoever takes on this task will have to
> troubleshoot and provide support to all people whose repositories will
> be affected by this change (yes, this might even be non-trivial for
> you developers!). You would also have to post a note on the wiki for
> everyone who has already pulled the repository in the past. I predict
> that some people, with less patience, will simply be too annoyed by
> this to give any more attention/contributions/support to glob2.
>
> I strongly suggest that, in this case, you guys really consider how
> much work this action is going to require and just decide to go the
> easier route. Since Kieran already committed a change (9ff115d7065a)
> that removes the unwanted files, you don't have to do anything else!
> By the way, Kieran did essentialy what is the recommended solution for
> this problem (http://hgbook.red-bean.com/hgbookch9.html#x13-1860009.4)

Yes but that would let all the object files on everyone computer.

Steph

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