Re: [Monotone-devel] beginner questions

[Christof Petig]

Zbigniew Zagórski schrieb:
> I've installed monotone yesterday ... now I'm after reading 
> documentation, and i have some questions before i start using it more 
> widely than testing:
>
> 1. why monotone use those ugly SHA1 signatures in *user interface* instead
>    well known revision numbers ... it's really weird ... how can i use 
> typical
>    revision numbers instead of tagging everything ? I'm asking about user
>    interface, i untersand reasons to use SHA as internal file/rev 
> identifiers.

Because Revision numbers require a central authority to distribute 
number ranges among the Repositories. Monotone does not have the concept 
of a central server.

> 2. Can i serve monotone projects by SSH like CVS and BitKeeper do ?

Not yet, I'm desperately trying to find time to code it (failed so far).

> 3. What are future direction of development of monotone ? GUI/WebGUI 
> maybe ?

Interoperability with other VC systems. That means more changeset 
oriented structure.

GUI/WebGUI - yes.

   Christof