Folker Schamel wrote:
> Branko Čibej wrote:
>
>> Ouch. I absolutely agree that the repeated copy/move restriction in the
>> WC is annoying, but I'm pretty sure that any three-minute solution will
>> create more problems than it fixes. Working copy management is
>> _complicated_, and I don't think it makes sense to patch the WC library
>> unless we fix a real bug (which this is not, BTW).
>
>
> To avoid misunderstandings:
> For the reasons explained in my previous emails,
> I am sure that the proposed solution also is the "real"
> and lasting solution!
> It does NOT cause additonal problems at all!
Oh, wow! I can't count the number of times I said that myself, only to
be proven wrong... :-)
> (except implementation detail aspects I may be not aware of)
> Only "accidentally" this seems to be also a simply
> "three-minute" solution, which simply is good luck.
>
> Definitely, as long as important people as you
> don't agree that this solution is the right one
> also on the long run, I agree that it definitely
> shouldn't be done yet.
We have a choice of making this change (and taking the risk of not
having enough time before 1.0 to shake out all the nonobvious bugs), or
waiting until after 1.0. At this point, that's not even a choice.
> But I am quite sure that you will get convinced
> as soon as you find time to think more in detail about it.
And that exactly is the point -- nobody will find enough time before 1.0.
> It would be really a pity if a simple solution
> for an annoying problem is not included
> only because of not being aware
> of the solution being the right one. ;-)
Heh: :-)
Really, if your simple solution is really the right one, then it can go
into 1.0.1 with no change to the WC schema, right?
And if it's _not_ right...
--
Brane Čibej <brane_at_xbc.nu> http://www.xbc.nu/brane/
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Received on Sun Dec 28 02:00:27 2003