Greg Stein wrote:
>On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 12:23:35AM +0200, Branko Äibej wrote:
>
>
>>...
>>Just a minute. Are you doing all this work /instead/ of adding reference
>>nodes to the filesystem? And this will all get ripped out once we have
>>reference nodes? Sorry, but I don't like that at all.
>>
>>
>
>The reference nodes are a different concept. While they might be able to do
>inter-repository "modules", they won't be able to do intra-repos modules.
>If/when those nodes arrive, the client-side modules would remain.
>
(I'm guessing you meant just the opposite: Will be able to simulate
modules within the same repository, but not from other repos?)
I don't see this limitation. Since we haven't discussed reference nodes
much at all, it's not surprising we have different models in mind.
>This approach is also a great way to handle modules. It is very user
>approachable/editable (heck, even under revision control), and can easily be
>handled entirely on the client side. No funky FS tricks.
>
>Low dev bar. High functionality. Parity with CVS (maybe better).
>
Using a text file to express FS metadata is bad enough, but using the
client to implement FS functionality is evil. Observe that you're
already disagreeing on the semantics of the "svn:module" prop.
>>I also didn't find any design doc for this feature, discussing pros and
>>cons and tradeoffs vs. reference nodes. I only remember one or two posts
>>to the dev list, without any real conclusions.
>>
>>
>
>All in the issue.
>
Yah, saw that now, my mistake for not looking there before. But IMHO
such discussion should be held on the dev list, and culminate in a
document. The issue tracker is nice for tracking issues, but not for
design discussions.
>>(Can you point me to the relevant messages if I missed them? Thanks.)
>>
>>-1
>>
>>
>
>Vetoes require a specific technical problem; preferably with solutions for
>rectifying that problem. Is there something technically wrong with this
>approach?
>
>
I should have qualified that with "until this feature has been discussed
at length". I thought I had made my objections obvious. Right now, I see
more minuses than pluses in this feature.
--
Brane Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu> http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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Received on Wed May 15 00:57:07 2002