Branch fails from 'pack-0.92' repo to 'rich-root-pack' repo

[Aaron Bentley]

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Ben Finney wrote:
> Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> writes:
> 
>> Ben Finney wrote:
>>> Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Ben Finney wrote:
>>>>> Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This week, I hope to work on a format similar to rich-root-pack
>>>>>> that *will* be a suitable default. As part of that work, I will
>>>>>> be ensuring that all branches, even weird ones like BE, can be
>>>>>> converted into that format.
>>>>> How is this work going?
>>>> Mostly done and merged.
>>>>
>>>>> Is it incorporated into the work in Bazaar 1.6?
>>>> No, it went into 1.5
>>> What is the format called?
>> There is no new format.
> 
> Then what is the "it" which "went into 1.5", and how does it relate to
> the above work?

"It" was ensuring that all branches, even weird ones like BE can be
converted into rich-root formats.

>>> What caveats are there for using it?
>> It will cause confusion.
> 
> This discussion certainly is, for me at least.
> 
> Can someone please clarify? Part of this seems to be saying that
> Bazaar 1.5 has "a format similar to rich-root-pack that *will* be a
> suitable default", and that Bazaar 1.5 "ensures that all branches,
> even weird ones like BE, can be converted into that format".
> 
> At least, that's all I can infer from "it went into 1.5". If the
> situation is more nuanced, then what *is* the situation and progress
> toward the above goal?

We are no longer sure that introducing a new format makes sense.  I
think not, Robert thinks so.  So I haven't done that part.

I have fixed fetch so that fetch into rich-root-pack works.

Also, I have written a tweak for reconcile related to this work, but it
goes too far, so I need to cut it down and merge it.

Aaron
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