Re: [Gnu-arch-users] What is arch? (Alternative answer)

[Pierce T . Wetter III]

On Feb 24, 2004, at 10:18 AM, Robert Anderson wrote:

> Pierce T. Wetter III wrote:
>
> > This is less true in arch, because arch assumes a model much closer 
> > to a spiderweb then a tree.
>
> Don't like it at all.  "Yuck.  I don't need a spiderweb.  That's messy 
> and ugly."  I'm also not sure that there's anything true about it.

 Do you have an alternative metaphor? It's true its not strictly a 
spiderweb (since it can only merge from common ancestors), but its much 
less a tree...

 I suppose that arch has a "detour" model instead of a "tree model", in 
that it assumes that while code may wander off for a bit, it will 
eventually come back. Most revision systems don't assume that, so their 
merging sucks.

 Pierce

 P.S.

  I _like_ spiderwebs. They look cool. :-) YMMV.