[Monotone-devel] status update

[graydon hoare]

hi,

I'm coming up on another release point (probably this weekend or
monday) which will contain the following changes:

 - much expanded docs: full hook and command reference, a CVS 
   phrasebook, some examples and some nice new CSS formatting

 - big speed improvements to the CVS importer

 - recursive LCA calculation, which avoids some possible
   "silent errors" in merging under current code

 - a new "log" command which behaves a bit like "cvs log",
   but also displays per-file comments when they exist

 - a new "rename" command which does the equivalent of a del+add, but
   also moves directories. this includes a small change to the work
   file format, so commit any adds or deletes before updating.  also,
   it doesn't support the fancy certificate describing a simultaneous
   rename+edit, so you need to do renames separate from edits for the
   time being.

 - support for persistent attributes in .mt-attrs, including built-in
   support for an "execute" attribute, and an extensions method for more

 - an import of lua 5.0, and the complete lua sources built in-tree

 - a rewritten lua hook interface, easier to use and more flexible.

 - a transition to boost formatters in the code, rather than printfs.
   this makes the code a lot easier to read.

 - some crash fixes.

however, the major thing worth noting is that I've moved monotone to
the "net.venge.monotone" branch name in my depot. I will no longer be
committing to the "monotone" branch. this means if you are tracking my
versions with monotone, you will need to do

  monotone --branch=net.venge.monotone update

to switch over to the new branch. otherwise it should work just the same,
I just want to "set a good precedent" with namespacing the branch names.

-graydon