Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making microbranches popular

[Chris Mason]

On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 19:38, Tom Lord wrote:

>     > > Is the inevitable resulting user confusion really worth it?
> 
>     > I think when you start munging names like this, user confusion is
>     > inevitable :(
> 
> That's the #1 reason why I resist changes like this.   We have a
> perfectly servicable namespace right now with a clear structure.
> It's all downhill from here.   And, for what?  An imperfect support
> for "arbitrary names"?
> 
> (The current namespace is slightly spoiled by the (historic)
> permissability of empty branch names.  That was a mistake, early on.)

It's about making arch available (and easy) to use on existing
projects.  Flexibility is key, it's probably enough to just allow an
arbitrary association between some name and a real arch revision.

-chris