[darcs-users] Releasing 2.8: errata darcs put

[Dan Pascu]

On 20 Jun 2011, at 13:07, Gabriel Kerneis wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 09:46:07AM +0000, Florent Becker wrote:
>>> What we need to make the release happen:
>>> ========================================
>>> 
>> darcs put is slow, buggy, and not that useful. We should probably deprecate it,
>> and disable it in 2.10. Is anyone strongly opposed to that idea?
> 
> Yes.  Symmetry is essential: if you have a get, you need a put.  Moreover,
> what alternative do you imagine when you cannot do darcs get, for instance
> if you create the repository on your laptop and want to put it to your
> public server?  Doing darcs init remotely then darcs push?  I know this is
> the git-way, but I find it extremely counterintuitive and can't help
> swearing each time I have to use it.

+1

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Dan