[darcs-users] 2.3 release schedule

[Eric Kow]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:19:59 +0200, Petr Rockai wrote:
> There's my hashed-storage work. I am almost inclined to include the
> "whatsnew-only" part of it in the release, with the provision that it can be
> easily backed out after beta 1 if anything breaks.
> 
>     1202 darcs whatsnew significantly slower on a hashed repository (cache on
>          network drive) (Petr)

For what it's worth, my opinion (as usual) is that we should take our
time.  I'd be happier to see something more complete and better tested
in 7 months than something partial and highly experimental in 1 month.
The idea would be that we could unveil a more fully hashed-storage-ised
darcs in one swoop.

Another issue to consider is what if something changes in
hashed-storage?  I wouldn't want us to have to manage a compatibility
issue between darcs 2.3 and 2.x (or perhaps you've anticipated the need
for a versioning scheme in the index?)

Anyway, I won't oppose this provided the patches make it through review
and the changes are (as I understand them) completely backward
compatible (old darcs just ignores the index that we would generate.
Gently, gently, is all I'm saying.

Cheers,

-- 
Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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