Re: tree conflict use cases

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:43:47AM -0500, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> There hasn't been much feedback so far because
>
> (a) we've discussed these use cases before, for long periods of time

I've read quite a bit on tree conflicts in the archives, but I've
never seen these particular use cases being discussed on the list.
Do you have a link to a previous discussion of these use cases?
I'd really like to read it.
 
> (b) the collective energy & attention of this developer community is
> limited; we're all incredibly focused on finishing svn 1.5 right now
> -- lots of frantic polishing and debugging going on.

That is no problem. By all means, focus on getting 1.5 out the door.
It clearly has a higher priority right now. We don't want to block 1.5.

> So it's just a matter of timing. Now is not a good time to open up a
> blue-sky discussion of how to re-design large pieces of subversion's
> architecture. :-) Maybe after 1.5 is released?

Sure.

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