Re: BZR and the bootstrap

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Óscar Fuentes writes:

 > > Nothing bad should happen, because if I'm right, Emacs invokes
 > > "bzr status" which is done entirely locally.

 > He says that the modem lights blink, indicating network
 > activity. So it seems that the OP is using a lightweight
 > checkout. If that is true, I wonder what info bzr needs from
 > upstream.

Everything.  From the help message:

Usage:   bzr checkout [BRANCH_LOCATION] [TO_LOCATION]

Options:
  --lightweight         Perform a lightweight checkout.  Lightweight checkouts
                        depend on access to the branch for every operation.

It's penny-wise and pound-foolish for anybody who is unfamiliar with
Bazaar to use lightweight checkouts.  Occasional contributors and beta
testers should invest in a full branch, bound or not depending on
their use cases.