From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262787AbTLNXo7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:44:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262788AbTLNXo7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:44:59 -0500 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:58026 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262787AbTLNXo6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:44:58 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:44:23 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Keith Owens Cc: Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bitkeeper-users@bitmover.com Subject: Re: RFC - tarball/patch server in BitKeeper Message-ID: <20031214234423.GB15850@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Keith Owens , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bitkeeper-users@bitmover.com References: <20031214172156.GA16554@work.bitmover.com> <2122.1071443103@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2122.1071443103@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:05:03AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:21:56 -0800, > Larry McVoy wrote: > >I've prototyped an extension to BitKeeper that provides tarballs > >and patches. ... > >... You need to understand that this is all you get, > >we're not going to extend this so you can do anything but track the most > >recent sources accurately. No diffs. No getting anything but the most > >recent version. No revision history. > > Do we get the changelogs from each BK check in? Without the > changelogs, patches are going to be much less useful. You already get those, use BK/Web. It's all there and always has been. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm