Format compatibility between different version of bzr

Vincent Ladeuil v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr
Tue Mar 18 08:46:20 GMT 2008


>>>>> "john" == John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> writes:

<snip/>

    john> Bazaar also has a policy, though, that when you "bzr
    john> branch" it preserves the source format whenever
    john> possible. This is to help prevent
    john> "watershedding". Where one user starts to use a new
    john> format, which requires the other users to upgrade to
    john> have access to their changes, etc. So by default bzr
    john> preserves the format so people have to actively chose
    john> to upgrade.

This is so clearly explained I wonder where you copy it from ? :-)

That should go into the doc.

     Vincent



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