Formats (Was: bzr 1.16rc1 released!)

[Paul Moore]

Sorry, that was meant to go to the list.

2009/6/12 Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>:
> Just a minor nit on the form of the announcement:
>
> 2009/6/12 Jonathan Lange <jml at mumak.net>:
> [...]
>> * A new repository format ``2a`` has been added.
> [...]
>> * ``--development7-rich-root`` is a new dev format, similar to ``--dev6``
>
> As a "normal" end user reading this, it sounds like bzr 1.6 contains
> two brand new formats. There's nothing that I can see which indicates
> which one I should use (OK, neither, as they are both development/beta
> versions, but I hope you see what I'm getting at). By my reading, 2a
> is what I should look at if I want a feel for what's coming in 2.0,
> and --development7-rich-root is "something else" - but I don't know
> what.
>
> This is precisely the sort of thing that leads to people saying  that
> Bazaar has "too many confusing formats".
>
> I assume it's obvious to the developers what's actually going on here
> - but hopefully my impression as a member of "the general public" is
> useful feedback on how it's presented.
>
> Paul.
>