bzr-1.7rc1 bzr branch --stacked problem/question

[David Ingamells]

For 100% clarity as there has been some mis-reading of my original email:

The command was to create a standalone branch from a branch (format: 
pack-0.92)in a repos.

The command works with bzr-1.6.1rc1 (not 1.6.1, now that I look) which 
eliminates the scenario that Aaron assumed. The problem is therefore a 
regression.

With 1.7 the branch command creates the <to> directory and some stuff in 
the .bzr directory before failing.

John Arbash Meinel wrote:
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> Aaron Bentley wrote:
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>> David Ingamells wrote:
>>     
>>> On closer examination of the bzr messages, it looks like the problem is
>>> that bzr branch --stacked has not been updated to use format 1.6.1
>>> instead of the killed format 1.6:
>>>       
>> 1.6 was not killed.  1.6-rich-root was killed, and replaced with
>> 1.6.1-rich-root.
>>
>>     
>>>> since bzr is MAKING the named branch why does it then complain that
>>>> the format is no good?
>>>>         
>> The repository you're creating it in is no good.
>>
>>     
>>>> Do I need to upgrade the repos to use --stacked now?
>>>>         
>> Yes, specifically to format 1.6.  Since this would affect all your other
>> branches, and be incompatible with older clients, we do not do this
>> automatically.
>>
>> It's also a bit strange to use --stacked if you already have a shared
>> repo.  They're two different ways of accomplishing the same thing.
>>
>> Aaron
>>     
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> At a minimum, I think it is strange that we are telling the user we are
> upgrading the repository format, and then *not* using it because of the shared
> repository. So we need to fix the UI output, and there is certainly a bug
> here. I would guess it doesn't have to go into 1.7, though.
>
> John
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