[Monotone-devel] Re: Thoughts about Modules (request for comments)

[Bruce Stephens]

Graydon Hoare <address@hidden> writes:

> Bruce Stephens wrote:
>
>> Right, so this is the same idea as nested checkouts, but using the
>> manifest rather than some other mechanism?

> [...] Would have been easier if we'd designed it into the first
> pass, but we drew the line of what to implement a bit short of that
> (indeed, even restrictions were a bolt-on, with similarly broad
> strokes touching the entire UI).

I'm not sure.  I think this is just fiddly with lots of things that
you'd like to work but which can't, and so whatever you end up with
isn't going to feel quite right for some uses.  So I think adding it
on later is fine---it's probably not going to make much difference.

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