Bazaar is ignored in some places?

Matt Nordhoff mnordhoff at mattnordhoff.com
Thu Dec 13 09:32:31 GMT 2007


Matt Nordhoff wrote:
> Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>> Nils Ackermann пишет:
>>> David Clymer <david at zettazebra.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I emailed the author recently, suggesting an update and explaining that
>>>> it wasn't just an arch fork anymore, and was referred here:
>>>>
>>>> http://better-scm.berlios.de/contribute/#comprison_new_system
>>>>
>>>> So, if anyone wants to be a "champion"...
>>> Based on the feedback from the list I filled out the questionnaire,
>>> see below.  I'll wait two days for comments before submitting to
>>>
>>> http://better-scm.berlios.de/comparison/comparison.html
>>>
>>> Please check 1(f,g), 2(c), 3(c-e), 4(a,b); there were some discussions
>>> about these, and I'm not an expert, just a casual user of Bazaar.
>>> ** (e) Portability
>>>
>>> How portable is the version-control system to various operating
>>> systems,
>>> computer architectures, and other types of systems?
>>>
>>> Answer:
>>>
>>> Works on Windows, Linux, OS X, FreeBSD and basically on any system
>>> that has a recent Python port.
>> ^-- That's part is great.
>>
>> v-- But please, exclude this.
>>
>>> Does not work well on case insensitive
>>> file systems.  Needs native file system support for symlinks if it is
>>> to track symlinks.
>>
>> <-- Because:
>>
>> When you wrote "Does not work well on case insensitive file systems" --
>> it's just half of true. I am working on case insensitive filesystem
>> *every* day. And it works *well*. There is some rough edges but they
>> easily avoided. So your statement is misleading for such comparison.
>>
>> This part: "Needs native file system support for symlinks if it is to
>> track symlinks" is also half of true. There is special plugin
>> win32symlinks that allow symlinks versionning on win32. And it works. If
>> you talk about webdav support via plugins, then why not talk about
>> symlinks support via plugin?
> 
> Ok, how about this:
> 
> "Case-insensitive file system support has some rough edges. Bazaar can
> only track symlinks on file systems without native support for them
> through a plugin."
> 
> I think case-insensitive FS support is somewhere between "rough edges"
> and "does not work well", though.
> 
> About the WebDAV plugin, after reading another message on the list, I
> think it should be described as "experimental" or something.

s/without/with no/
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