From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Darcs Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <46a038f90706241345m4b5ecb80p9f4ec840993023e0@mail.gmail.com> <7vlke9ouv8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <61e816970706241638j60830741p2cd1a102a72ae226@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , Martin Langhoff , Bu Bacoo , git@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Chokola X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jun 25 02:01:01 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I2c0q-0007mD-R4 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:01:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751226AbXFYAA4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:00:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751282AbXFYAA4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:00:56 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:48211 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751004AbXFYAAz (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:00:55 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [207.189.120.55]) by smtp2.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l5P00dlr004538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:00:40 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id l5P00XXi023502; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:00:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: <61e816970706241638j60830741p2cd1a102a72ae226@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.56 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0-osdl_revision__1.12__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.181 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 207.189.120.14 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Dan Chokola wrote: > > What I have noticed is a lot of nitpicking, of which I'm guilty, too. The > issue Linus brought up about Darcs and versioning is not one I typically see > surface in real life. Users usually complain about some _release_ version > or, "I updated last week." Actually, in the kernel, we are getting quite a lot out of "git bisect", and people throw git SHA1's around to describe where they are, or a particular commit. Which never happened with BK. So I think that the _ability_ to name revisions easily across different uses is quite important, because it then drives behaviour. Without it, you'll never notice you need it. With it, you start wondering how others handle it. For example, we have people like Andrew, who don't really "use" git, and he starts pointing to commits with their git ID, because he sees them flying past, and he knows they are stable and useful for things like gitweb. Linus