Re: BK, deltas, snapshots and fate of -pre...

[Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>]

On Monday 22 April 2002 22:53, Doug Ledford wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 10:29:19PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > On Monday 22 April 2002 21:53, Doug Ledford wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 07:34:49PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > > > How about a URL instead?  Any objection?
> > > 
> > > Yes.  Why should I have to cut and paste (assuming I'm in X) or
> > > write down
> > 
> > What???   What kind of system are you running?  Err... redhat supports
> > cut and paste I thought. <-- funnny.
> 
> Depends on what you use to read the file containing the URL.  Obviously, 
> if I'm Al Viro I'm on a text console and wouldn't use a mouse if you 
> cemented it in my hand, so cut and paste isn't an option.

Would everybody with no mouse on their system please stand up, and leave
the room.

Seriously, you're trolling.

> > > and transpose some URL from a file that used to contain
> > > the exact instructions I need in order to get those instructions now
> > 
> > Bogus.  You'd have to do the same to edit/list the file.
> 
> No, I wouldn't.  In one case I would do "less <filename>" and in the other 
> case I would do "less <filename>", ohh damn, it's only a pointer to the 
> real docs, switch to X or install lynx on my system, go to URL.  It's a 
> matter of having the appropriate documentation at hand vs. having to 
> retrieve it.

lynx <url>

What's the difference?

> I put my docs on my web site because that's what I owned/controlled and it 
> was relevant to people already coming to my web site.  That in no way 
> indicates that your position is correct, especially since you ignored to 
> truly relevant item in my email:

I'm actually trying to do a little work as well as handle all the input
from the Bitkeeper moonies, thankyou.

Err, did I say moonies, sorry I meant advocates, err, apologists, umm.
Sorry, I just meant I've been getting a lot of email lately, some of it
is too long to read every word.  Unless you are a spectacularly good
writer, expect some of your deathless prose to drop through the cracks.

> > > information so that the whole picture, from start to finish, was all 
> > > described in one easy to access place.
> 
> One place for relevant information, from start to finish.

Right.  bitkeeper.com, any argument?

> > You haven't read the thread closely, this was described before.  There are
> > one documentation file and three scripts.  The documentation file is about
> > half general description of Bitkeeper - which is quite unabashedly
> > promotional and the author does describe it as an adverisement - and half
> > how to use for submitting kernel patches.
> 
> Now, now Daniel, let's not put words into people's mouths.  Jeff has said 
> he does like BitKeeper, and he said he could *see how you think his 
> description is an advertisement* but that he *didn't write it as an 
> advertisement*.

He agreed it was an advertisement.

-- 
Daniel