[darcs-users] [issue1042] I wish darcs-2 would do automatic darcs-1-compatibility.

[Ganesh Sittampalam]

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Jason Dagit wrote:

> Because darcs-1 and darcs-2 repositories vary mostly by semantics and
> only slightly by file format, I guess I don't really know how to make
> darcs-2 semantics map into darcs-1 semantics without all the familiar
> problems of darcs-1 repositories.  I'm concerned that the darcs-1
> pristine would diverge from the darcs-2 pristine.  Then what would be
> the meaning of a given set of patches in a particular branch?

I thought the suggestion was for compatibility between darcs 1 repos and 
hashed repositories that were still using darcs 1 semantics, rather than 
full-blown darcs-2 repos.

Cheers,

Ganesh