Why Darcs users prefer Darcs over Bazaar

[John Yates]

On Sunday, June 07, 2009 at 8:43 PM Ben Finney [ben+bazaar at benfinney.id.au] wrote:

> I think the fact that you have to explain that “patch” doesn't mean
> what anyone unfamiliar with Darcs but experienced with Unix programming
> would expect it to mean, says a lot about the gap in explanation of a
> phrase like “a change is a patch”.
>
> > You are really literal-minded, aren't you?
>
> I had pre-existing definitions of words that didn't match what you were
> telling me about them, so needed clarification on what exactly we're
> talking about. I don't think that makes me especially literal-minded.
Ben, You might benefit from reading some of the following.

"Understanding darcs" (short and sweet with pretty pictures):
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Understanding_darcs

"Conflict FAQ":
http://wiki.darcs.net/ConflictsFAQ

"Understanding darcs/Patch theory":
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Understanding_darcs/Patch_theory

/john
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