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[Martin Pool]

2010/1/12 Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy at canonical.com>:
> I'd also love to see 90% of our formats either be made obsolete or
> hidden. Try viewing help of any command (like init) that takes a format
> option and you'll see 19 formats at least, e.g.
> http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/bzr.dev/en/user-reference/init-help.html.
> On systems with plugins like bzr-hg installed, the number is 20 or more.
> That's pretty obscene.
>
> I'd like to see that list cut down to:
>
> * --default
> * --2a
> * --pack-0.92
> * --development-subtree.
>
> If desirable, we could also include a --1.x and --1.x-rich-root pair.
> I'd suggest x=14 though I'd be fine with x=9 as well. But only add these
> if there's a real need to keep them non-hidden.
>
> My guess is that hiding most formats is the best option so that users
> still on 1.x formats aren't told "please upgrade from this obsolete
> format". For formats prior to pack-0.92, marking them obsolete would be
> OK though IMO.
>
> Thoughts? Volunteers to do the patch?

I think (without thinking in detail about which ones should remain
open) that would be a great idea.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>