Re: [Monotone-devel] mtn cat vs. mtn automate get_file

[Thomas Keller]

Derek Scherger schrieb:
> Thomas Keller wrote:
> > b) make inventory (actually the new basic_io format version residing 
> > in some unmerged branch currently) spit out fileid's (old/new)
>
> Heh, not long ago, it did!
>
> However, it looks like your propagate from a week or so ago 
> (0904871303d580a37ccb7b1884f63ccabcd646ee) has removed that and lots of 
> the other "basic_io" aspects of the experimental inventory as well.

Sorry if I broke anything! I remember that I wanted to start off with 
anything in this branch, but then didn't found the time to actually 
start it =|

> I've just pushed d29213e943e7e15075ff815d4a53a3f68225128a that gets 
> things back to more or less where they were. I think I also have a patch 
> that adds restriction support to inventory and I'll add that when I get 
> a chance as well.

Cool, just seen that. I'll take a closer look on it.

> I don't expect this to be merged to mainline anytime soon though. The 
> stability requirements of the automate interface make this a bit tricky. 
>  It really needs some testing to see how well it suits various use cases 
> and some consensus before I'd feel comfortable merging it. Not to 
> mention test and doc updates.
> I'm not sure what the right way to go about this is. I've wondered about 
> something like 'automate x_inventory' (x for experimental) so that it 
> could be added to mainline where it might see some testing while being 
> marked as unstable or something.

Tests and docs are one thing, however I don't think its a good idea to 
create a "second class automation command". If there are bugs, these 
bugs will be fixed. Having some intermediate command for testing just 
makes the acceptance for the new one a bit harder, me thinks.

> Sorry, this has been languishing. I've been busy with other things and 
> have not been putting any time into monotone, other than trying to keep 
> up, for a while now. I'm still interested and stuff but two young kids 
> and lots of other things aren't letting me do much hacking these days.

I just have one little boy, but I already know perfectly what you mean =)

Thomas.

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