bzr 0.8 release candidate

[Matthieu Moy]

Martin Pool wrote:

> Knits are usable now.  The format is finalized, and reportedly
> considerably faster over slow networks than weaves.  I'll remove that
> from the help text.

Good to hear :-).

(maybe they can not be considered "mature" enough to be the default, but 
at least, this means that bzr 0.8 will be able to read the format of 
future versions for some time).

> You can make a new branch in the knit format with 
> 
>   bzr init --format knit
> 
> and upgrade an existing branch by either init and then pulling into a
> new branch, or by running 'bzr upgrade --format knit' in place.

I believe "push" and "branch" should also have a --format option.

Otherwise, how do I create a remote branch in knit format if I don't 
have a shell access on the remote machine ?

-- 
Matthieu