[darcs-users] [darcs-devel] [hcar at haskell.org: HCAR May 2008 contribution]

[Jason Dagit]

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2008.04.24 07:50:00 -0700, David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net> scribbled
> 4.5K characters:
> > Any volunteers to write the HCAR entry for darcs?
> >
> > David
>
> I guess we could just edit the '07 entry, to look like this:
>
> -----
>
> Darcs is a distributed revision control system written in Haskell. In
> darcs, every copy of your source code is a full repository, which allows for
> full operation in a disconnected environment, and also allows anyone with
> read access to a darcs repository to easily create their own branch and
> modify it with the full power of darcs' revision control. Darcs is based on
> an underlying theory of patches, which allows for safe reordering and
> merging of patches even in complex scenarios. For all its power, darcs
> remains very easy to use tool for every day use because it follows the
> principle of keeping simple things simple.
>
> 2008 has seen some major milestones reached in the development of Darcs:
> years of development of Darcs-2 culminated in a recent release of Darcs 2<http://2.0.0.>.
> Darcs 2 <http://2.0.0.0> introduces a number of new features and bug fixes
> big and small.  The most notable changes include fixing the 'conflict bug',
> supporting a new repository format with refined semantics, adding hashed
> repositories for increased speed and robustness, and a global cache for
> faster downloading of patches.   In the 1.x branch of Darcs, since the last
> HCAR, support for GHC 6.8.x was added.
>

> Darcs has also seen a revamp of its infrastructure.  User visible changes
> include a consolidation of the stable and unstable development branches and
> separation of functions for the two mailing lists.  Future work for Darcs
> will center around building interesting new features using the new
> repository format, continued optimizing and code restructuring, improving
> testing of Darcs and adding buildbots, and completing transition to 'type
> witnesses' to ensure provably correct patch manipulation.
>
> Patches great and small are heartily welcomed!
>
> Darcs is free software licensed under the GNU GPL.


I think Gwern touched on all the important topics, but I felt the need to
say things slightly differently.  More editing is welcomed.

Jason
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