[darcs-devel] [issue1357] wish: "chunky" representation for hunks

[Eric Kow]

Eric Kow <kowey at darcs.net> added the comment:

OK, I just had a bit of a discussion with this on Petr, 
http://irclog.perlgeek.de/darcs/2011-04-02#i_3448192

Basically following the list in msg10037

1. Would be pointless/stupid without doing #2 or #3
2. Is doable (think of how hashed relates to old-fashioned), but you 
have to do work to prove that commutation is invariant under the hunk 
conversion), which is almost as much work as #3 for the team.  Perhaps 
it would be less work for users, but as a matter of principle, we want 
to resist format changes unless we really need them
3. Involves new patch types, but is ultimately easier than #2 according 
to Petr.  The current URL is 
http://www.mornfall.net/blog/patch_formats.html 
4. Is basically orthogonal to #3.  We could do both or neither, or some 
combination in between.  See issue2055

*SO* Unless somebody comes in and argues that #2 actually makes sense 
without doing #3, I say that Petr's notion of chunky hunks is the 
definitive one.  If anybody disagrees with this view, they should bring 
it up. Phew!

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