Re: [Gnu-arch-users] towards standards specifications

[MJ Ray]

On 2003-08-28 03:21:33 +0100 Tom Lord <address@hidden> wrote:
> Not to be too much M-x doctorish but, "Why are you not happy with the
> current tla implementation of inventory, but that's probably because
> you don't understand it enough?"

* Are the tag id formats significant?  Some start A_ and some start 
x_, IIRC.
* What should be tagged?
* Why are directories given such special treatment?
* Why the scattering over so many files instead of a {arch}/inventory?

Some of those may be out of date.  I've not been playing in that code 
recently.

[...]
> Well, the rule is that the changeset stored by `commit' should be an
> exact changeset against the immediate ancestor revision.   So, while a
> "raw-commit" command that trusts the user and stores an arbitrary
> changeset is a small matter of hacking, it's not a great idea for
> general use.   The magic words would be something like:

I'll confess here: I'm wondering about multiple interoperating 
changeset-using systems with changeset tarballs being sent between 
users somehow.  How would arch play with that?  A possible first step 
to arch world domination is to get people interacting with archers, 
making it easy to make tools that produce things arch can use, and 
then convince them of the extra benefits.

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