Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Inertia on lkml?

[Samium Gromoff]

At 26 Sep 2003 10:58:25 +0900,
Miles Bader wrote:
> 
> Zack Brown <address@hidden> writes:
> > Arch is still filled with controversial features, though.
> 
> A bit strong I think.  If tla can deliver the goods feature-wise, I
> think your average kernel hacker (and especially someone as practical as
> Linus) will get over any initial distaste with `{arch}' and
> branch-naming conventions pretty quickly, and get down to business.
> 
> The two things that still bother me about tla for large trees like the
> kernel are:
> 
>  (1) Using individual files for explicit tags
> 
>  (2) No cheap/merge-friendly way of switching tagging styles en-masse
>      (e.g. explicit -> tagline)

   (3) Can not send modifications to Linus as GNU patches.
       (because handling -/+ renames in the light of accepting
        side modifying the target file complicates things)

> I see both of these as being fairly tractable problems though (in that I
> think I could implement solutions without too much trouble).
> 
> The previous entry on this list was of course `what-change/commit is
> butt slow on large trees' but the inode-state hack seems to have solved
> that problem.
> 
> -Miles
> -- 
> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

regards, Samium Gromoff