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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1
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Robert Collins |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1 |
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Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:29:44 +1100 |
On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 09:12, Colin Walters wrote:
> > And what of folks with their archives publicly mirrored somewhere? Would
> > it have to be address@hidden and address@hidden
>
> Nah, we'd just special-case mirrors.
Don't casually special case thing.
Your proposal /feels/ wrong. I'm not sure if I can articulate it well...
but I'll try.
We currently have one level of indirection:
archive -> location
versions are first class objects, able to branch and merge regardless of
the archive they come from.
archives have a flexible naming format.
There is /no/ ownership guarantee between address@hidden and
address@hidden The namespace treats them as unique.
What you are proposing has
one levels of indirection
'repository' -> location
/ archive-as-sub-dir
they have a less flexible naming convention
they require more special cases
they impose an ownership guarantee that is (IMO) bogus
What /problem/ are you trying to solve? At the moment you seem to be
solving 'archive names are too long' - and thats a bogus problem.
Rob
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- [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Andrew Suffield, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Andrew Suffield, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Colin Walters, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Andrew Suffield, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Charles Duffy, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Colin Walters, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1,
Robert Collins <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Colin Walters, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Robert Collins, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Tom Lord, 2003/12/14
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Colin Walters, 2003/12/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Jan Hudec, 2003/12/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Colin Walters, 2003/12/14
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Robert Collins, 2003/12/14
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Automatic archive discovery, take 1, Miles Bader, 2003/12/14