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Colin Walters |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work |
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Sat, 29 May 2004 23:58:43 -0400 |
On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 23:46, Miles Bader wrote:
> On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 10:12:48PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> > I'm not really suggesting it be customizable. Instead I'm proposing to
> > default to the way the obviously vast majority of other software out
> > there names files. Even inside arch I think it's pretty clear (from
> > .arch-inventory and .arch-ids) that the { and = are basically just
> > legacy.
>
> No, it's not clear at all. .arch-inventory and .arch-ids are not the same as
> {arch}.
Not the same, I agree, but they are all forms of arch metadata.
> Let me put it this way: If I was allowed to choose, with all compatibility
> problems magically solved, I'd choose {arch} over .arch (I'd do some things
> differently, I think, but not that).
I was thinking about this a bit more, and probably the major reason one
would want {arch} over .arch is to make it more clear that you're in an
arch project tree. We could go the Darcs route and use _arch.
> I think that subversion made a mistake
> when they chose .svn.
Why in particular? From the mailing list archives all I see is Windows
compatibility pains.
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- [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Colin Walters, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Bug Goo, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Miles Bader, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Colin Walters, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Colin Walters, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Miles Bader, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Colin Walters, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Miles Bader, 2004/05/29
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work,
Colin Walters <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Adrian Irving-Beer, 2004/05/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2004/05/31
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Stefan Monnier, 2004/05/31
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Jamie Wilkinson, 2004/05/30
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Greek0, 2004/05/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work, Colin Walters, 2004/05/30
- Shared working directories (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work), Cameron Patrick, 2004/05/30
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Shared working directories (was: Re: Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work), Greek0, 2004/05/30
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Shared working directories (was: Re: Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work), Stig Brautaset, 2004/05/31
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Shared working directories (was: Re: Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work), Cameron Patrick, 2004/05/31