Re: [Monotone-devel] Promoting usher to become a standard utility

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

In message <address@hidden> on Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:48:22 -0700, Nathaniel Smith 
<address@hidden> said:

njs> Another option would be to move it out tree entirely, as a
njs> separate add-on that implements the 'monotone usher interface' or
njs> something. Doesn't seem like anything that really gains a whole
njs> lot from shipping with monotone itself (except as sample code),
njs> since the user base for it is so special; and if it's turning
njs> into a full-fledged app, then maybe moving it out would give
njs> useful flexibility in terms of things like choosing an
njs> appropriate testing architecture...

I would agree, except that there's a dependency on the supporting
features in netsync, so it would probably be good to make sure that
for any release, usher and monotone are in sync.

Regarding how special the use base of usher is, I think that's a
matter of opinion.  I know a bunch of people who like the idea, and
I'd like to hear the rest of the list express their opinion before we
declare anyone "special".

njs> (I swear, the grammar is viral. :-))

Heh :-)

Cheers,
Richard

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