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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch
From: |
Robert Anderson |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch |
Date: |
28 Sep 2003 10:57:36 -0700 |
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 03:58, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 07:57:10PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 19:38, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I already made the point that to be universal and to work with all sorts
> > > of languages and binary formats, you *can't* mix data with metadata. The
> > > default mode should be changed to be explicit, then if you want to leave
> > > tagline for backwards compatibility or for smaller projects that's
> > > certainly fine with me.
> >
> > Bah, I started to answer your email point by point.
> >
> > Lets just say:
> >
> > taglines are an advance over explicit, not suitable for all projects,
> > but shortly, when per dir regexs exist, they will be suitable for all
> > projects. They handle binary and textual data *just fine* (especially
> > when combined with some explicit tagging). There is little interest
> > *here* that I've observed in removing the tagline concept. I'm a
> > hardened explicit mode user BTW, so this isn't 'biased cause I like it'
> > talk.
> >
> > May I suggest:
> > * If you don't want to use taglines thats fine: they are optional.
>
> sure ;), that's fine with me, I don't really want to force anything to
> anybody. I'm just trying to explain why I think explicit is better.
>
> > * If you trust the folk here who have been using arch for more than a
> > few days ;) then please set your tagging-method to tagline (even though
> > you plan to use explicit everywhere). We aren't *ignorant*.
>
> I'm not saying you're ignorant. I do see the value of taglines, but I
> believe you simply have been forced to mix data with metadata,
You are NOT FORCED to USE TAGLINES when in TAGLINE MODE. Is that clear?
Bob
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, David Brown, 2003/09/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Tom Lord, 2003/09/27
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Robert Collins, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Robert Collins, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, David Brown, 2003/09/28
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: give us a hand with arch, Pau Aliagas, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: give us a hand with arch, Ethan Benson, 2003/09/28
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch,
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Davide Libenzi, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Davide Libenzi, 2003/09/30
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Miles Bader, 2003/09/30
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Davide Libenzi, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, Davide Libenzi, 2003/09/30
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: give us a hand with arch, David Brown, 2003/09/30