[darcs-users] [patch401] More visible old-fashioned to hashed notice.
Petr Rockai
me at mornfall.net
Mon Sep 20 13:05:29 UTC 2010
Eric Kow <bugs at darcs.net> writes:
> *******************************************************************************
> _______ Sorry for the wait! The repository you are fetching is using the
> | | DEPRECATED 'old-fashioned' format. I'm fetching it as a hashed
> | O O | repository instead, but this may take a while.
> | ___ |
> | / \ | It would be ideal if the repository maintainer could upgrade the
> |_______| remote copy as well. The hashed format requires a Darcs 2 client,
> but is otherwise compatible with existing old-fashioned branches.
>
> Upgrading is easy with Darcs 2.4 and higher:
> example.com $ cd repo-name
> example.com $ darcs optimize --upgrade
> *******************************************************************************
Can we shorten it slightly? It is quite huge... E.g. you could probably
roll the cd repo-name into darcs optimize --upgrade --repo ... Other
than that, it's certainly an improvement. Maybe "fetching it as" could
say converting.
> * Big frowny face: Three ideas here: emotional feedback (old-fashioned
> makes Darcs sad), apologeticness (Sorry for the wait), and mostly
> high-visibility (a face might jump out at you more than yet another
> banner, so to be used sparingly)
Agreed.
> So it's just about maximising effectiveness in getting people to switch, and
> preparing the ground so it will be relatively painless when we finally withdraw
> old-fashioned, while hopefully not insulting/annoying users in the process...
>
> Worth a shot? :-/
Definitely, IMHO.
Yours,
Petr.
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