So many repo formats

[Colin D Bennett]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:53:15 +0200
Alexander Belchenko <bialix at ukr.net> wrote:

> Colin D Bennett пишет:
> > OK, it's fine if old formats are 'hidden' from the main 'bzr help
> > formats' list, or even if they're in an optional plugin, if there's
> > a good reason for it, but if in a plugin or separate tool, then it
> > would have to be actively and continually maintained in order to be
> > useful.
> 
> BTW, what's wrong to using tool something like
> fast-export|fast-import for upgrading old repo formats? bzrlib API is
> changed even more frequently than repo formats. Support for old
> formats require to upgrade all those code for old formats to match
> new API.
> 
> If you limit support for old formats (OK, for really-really old
> formats) to specific fast-export tool, that will use frozen version
> of bzrlib, what's wrong with it? IIUC fast-export will allow you 2
> way conversions.
> 
> I understand there could be some specific issues, but what's wrong
> with this approach in general? I mean having some lingua franca for
> different repo formats. Even if it slow lingua? One-time conversion
> is not very often operation, is it?

That would potentially be a solution.

Regards,
Colin
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