Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making microbranches popular [was: Re-linking to revlib implemented]

[James Blackwell]

In lists.arch.users, you wrote:
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> On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 08:22, James Blackwell wrote:
>> I fixed rbrowse so that sealed trees are not seen by default. Then I
>> sealed all of my old branches. I was (and am) very, very happy with the
>> results.  I was so happy with the results that I rushed a merge request
>> to Tom.=20
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> I have a problem with it, now I've actually got time to breath...
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> sealed branches are 'released', not 'obsolete'. They have a clear
> semantic, and have had for ages.
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> Your patch abuses that semantic.
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That's arguable. A sealed version is closed enough that in order to
commit to it further a special argument to commit is required.


You're aware that there's a --show-sealed option? 



With the patch:
---------------

address@hidden
   dists
      dists--jblack
         dists--jblack--1.1
             base-0 .. patch-14

   template
      template
         template--0
             base-0

   tla
      tla--cacherevbase
         tla--cacherevbase--1.2
             base-0 .. patch-4

      tla--delta
         tla--delta--1.2
             base-0 .. patch-1

      tla--mirrorid
         tla--mirrorid--1.2
             base-0

      tla--rbrowse
         tla--rbrowse--1.2.1
             base-0 .. patch-7

   tlacontrib
      tlacontrib--devo
         tlacontrib--devo--1.2
             base-0 .. patch-7

   webpages
      webpages--dalnet
         webpages--dalnet--0
             base-0

The equivilant without the patch:
---------------------------------

address@hidden
   dists
      dists--jblack
         dists--jblack--1.1
             base-0 .. patch-14

   template
      template
         template--0
             base-0

   tla
      tla--cacherevbase
         tla--cacherevbase--1.2
             base-0 .. patch-4

      tla--contrib
         tla--contrib--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--delta
         tla--delta--1.2
             base-0 .. patch-1

      tla--export
         tla--export--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--externalpatches
         tla--externalpatches--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0
      tla--getoption
         tla--getoption--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--grab
         tla--grab--1.1
             base-0 .. version-0

         tla--grab--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--integration
         tla--integration--1.1
             base-0 .. version-0

         tla--integration--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--mirrorid
         tla--mirrorid--1.2
             base-0

      tla--quietsign
         tla--quietsign--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--rbrowse
         tla--rbrowse--1.1
             base-0 .. version-0


         tla--rbrowse--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

         tla--rbrowse--1.2.1
             base-0 .. patch-7

      tla--smallchanges
         tla--smallchanges--1.1
             base-0 .. version-0

         tla--smallchanges--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

      tla--snapconfig
         tla--snapconfig--1.1
             base-0 .. version-0

         tla--snapconfig--1.2
             base-0 .. version-0

   tlacontrib
      tlacontrib--devo
         tlacontrib--devo--1.2
             base-0 .. patch-7

   webpages
      webpages--dalnet
         webpages--dalnet--0
             base-0



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