Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work

[Jamie Wilkinson]

This one time, at band camp, Miles Bader wrote:
>On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 10:12:48PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
>> I'm not really suggesting it be customizable.  Instead I'm proposing to
>> default to the way the obviously vast majority of other software out
>> there names files.  Even inside arch I think it's pretty clear (from
>> .arch-inventory and .arch-ids) that the { and = are basically just
>> legacy.
>
>No, it's not clear at all.  .arch-inventory and .arch-ids are not the same as
>{arch}.
>
>Let me put it this way: If I was allowed to choose, with all compatibility
>problems magically solved, I'd choose {arch} over .arch (I'd do some things
>differently, I think, but not that).  I think that subversion made a mistake
>when they chose .svn.

Colin, I think this is a great idea.

I personally much prefer the hidden directory over the plainly visible,
and given that this will only affect local working copies I hardly think
it's worth getting worked up about; I assume that within changesets
themselves the classic names will remain.

It also sounds like ".arch vs {arch}" is a moot point anyway, with
Colins patches the end user has the option of naming that directory
however they like, and it will not affect anyone else.

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