[freesci-develop] darcs2 conversion

[Matt]

Hi gang,

One of the GSoC (Google Summer of Code) projects related to FreeSCI was 
accepted, and a branching capability would be preferred for integrating 
that work. The current version of darcs we have deployed for source 
control has some limitations in this area, and we would like to upgrade to 
darcs2. We would like to do so before next week, since that is when some 
of the GSoC students are starting their projects.

Jordi has also suggested not updating the ChangeLog file, which gives 
darcs some performance issues. Instead, we would generate the ChangeLog 
from the darcs repository during 'make dist' for releases.

Pros:
-better branching usability
-performance improvements


Cons:
-currently no debian package for darcs2

Does anyone have objections? If everyone comes to agreement, we can 
provide some "office hours" in the IRC channel to help people 
compile/install the darcs2 client.

Thanks!


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