[darcs-devel] Any answers for IsiSetup's concerns?

[Ferenc Wagner]

"David Roundy" <daveroundy at gmail.com> writes:

> On Dec 20, 2007 9:58 AM, Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:
>
>> David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net> writes:
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:09:55PM +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now what's this bussiness about "merge capabilities"?  Do you know
>>>> what's missing, how's git or anything else better?
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what they mean by that, but I'd guess that it's what darcs 2
>>> addresses.
>>
>> What do you mean?  I always wondered why others talk about star,
>> octopus, zig-zag, etc. merges, while the Darcs docs doesn't mention
>> anything like that.  I'm mostly ignorant of this topic, and don't
>> expect you to go into a lengthy discussion, but some pointers
>> (especially with Darcs 2 references) would be welcome.
>
> I just mean that darcs 2 will address the conflicts issue, which so
> far as I know, is the only problem with darcs' merge capabilities.  We
> don't discuss silly merge topologies (octopus, squid, horse) simply
> because with darcs (apart from the conflicts issue) the problems those
> features address don't exist. 

That's exactly what I wanted to hear, thanks.

> At least, that's what I'd guess.  I don't actually spend much time
> reading the documentation of other version control systems.

Yes, somewhat understandable... :)
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Regards,
Feri.