From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262686AbTLNXF3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:05:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262695AbTLNXF3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:05:29 -0500 Received: from mtvcafw.sgi.com ([192.48.171.6]:20880 "EHLO rj.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262686AbTLNXF0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Dec 2003 18:05:26 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 01/15/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: Larry McVoy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bitkeeper-users@bitmover.com Subject: Re: RFC - tarball/patch server in BitKeeper In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:21:56 -0800." <20031214172156.GA16554@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:05:03 +1100 Message-ID: <2122.1071443103@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:21:56 -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: >I've prototyped an extension to BitKeeper that provides tarballs >and patches. ... >... You need to understand that this is all you get, >we're not going to extend this so you can do anything but track the most >recent sources accurately. No diffs. No getting anything but the most >recent version. No revision history. Do we get the changelogs from each BK check in? Without the changelogs, patches are going to be much less useful.