From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Girod Subject: Re: SCM ideas from 2003 Date: 19 Apr 2005 08:31:42 +0300 Message-ID: References: <42647D3D.6030906@qualitycode.com> Reply-To: Marc Girod Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Apr 19 09:31:01 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNnBx-0001TS-Kx for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:30:41 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261352AbVDSHeq (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:34:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261380AbVDSHeq (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:34:46 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:3733 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261352AbVDSHeo (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:34:44 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DNnBY-0001Qg-Nb for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:30:17 +0200 Received: from finn.gmane.org ([80.91.229.4]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:30:16 +0200 Received: from girod by finn.gmane.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:30:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: git@vger.kernel.org To: git@vger.kernel.org X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: finn.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "KS" == Kevin Smith writes: KS> "what's so special about files ?" where the author suggests that KS> existing SCM systems are so blinded by the tradition of file KS> orientation that they can't see that there might be alternatives. Correct: file orientation is eventually a limitation. But there are other dimensions to investigate in order to overcome it. The issue is to offer a *location* for the possible versions -- not only sequential changes but also alternatives. A directory may be considered as a namespace. Note that there are other cases of 'containers': archives, packages, libraries, etc... -- Marc Girod P.O. Box 323 Voice: +358-71 80 25581 Nokia BI 00045 NOKIA Group Mobile: +358-50 38 78415 Valimo 21 / B616 Finland Fax: +358-71 80 64474