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[Monotone-devel] Branch naming conventions
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Nathaniel Smith |
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[Monotone-devel] Branch naming conventions |
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Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:18:56 -0800 |
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[intentionally breaking threading.]
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:22:25PM -0800, Nathan Myers wrote:
> (While we're on the subject of craziness, that reversed-domain-name
> naming scheme was whacked when Java adopted it, and it's just as
> whacked here. Is there any actual use for making users reverse them
> by hand? Computers are much better at that sort of thing.)
So you're proposing names like
changesets.monotone.venge.net
which is a branch off of
monotone.venge.net
? That seems even more confusing, at least to me?
(It's not _our_ fault the domain name system is the only namespace in
the world[1] to write hierarchy backwards.)
-- Nathaniel
[1] Please don't email me counter-examples.
--
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- [Monotone-devel] Branch naming conventions,
Nathaniel Smith <=
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Nathan Myers, 2004/12/10
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Bruce Stephens, 2004/12/11
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Bruce Stephens, 2004/12/11
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Florian Weimer, 2004/12/19
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Bruce Stephens, 2004/12/19
- Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Florian Weimer, 2004/12/19
- [Monotone-devel] Re: Branch naming conventions, Bruce Stephens, 2004/12/19