Re: timestamp preservation design (issue 1256)

At 10:36 AM +0200 6/24/03, Ph. Marek wrote:
>After all this discussing I still believe that the stored properties should be
>used *only* on export, so that build tools see which data has changed.

Did that truly mean "only export"? Or "export and checkout"? Just
trying to clarify your intent, not expressing an opinion at this
point.

>or if it should be restored with the
>file(s) for easier version tracking by the user. (as it is common to say
>"this file is from march" instead of "I have version 515 of that file"

Ah, yes: *that's* the argument for repository times. Thanks for
stating it so clearly!

Still in all, I'm uncomfortable with all this. If it takes a bunch
of smart folks like this list so much debate merely to establish the
ideal mix of models and paradigms ("paradigmata"?), it seems like
most users will merely be confused--as, indeed, were we all for a
couple days' worth of discussion!

"Doing exactly what CVS does" has a certain usability charm, in that
CVS has trained a legion of users to its foibles. But this behavior
seems to flirt alarmingly with that nebulous line between "feature"
and "bug" that's Subversion's life-blood. Making it *more*
complicated (by providing a user-settable property) is certainly not
a clarification, whatever fancy tricks it enables.

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