X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/b0529e1604c1c2ee34c1d66485f3955d08838a03..40cde964d0db0333d6890cc77051c35f5dafafa4:/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn b/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn index 8d6c00f9f..2f0fef0d3 100644 --- a/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn +++ b/doc/about_rcs_backends.mdwn @@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ see [[commit-internals]]. You browse and web-edit the wiki on W. +W "belongs" to ikiwiki and should not be edited directly. + ## [darcs](http://darcs.net/) (not yet included) Support for using darcs as a backend is being worked on by [Thomas Schwinge](mailto:tschwinge@gnu.org), although development is on hold curretly. -There is a patch in the [[patchqueue]]. +There is a patch in [[todo/darcs]]. ### How will it work internally? @@ -103,7 +105,17 @@ by Ikiwiki. This approach might be applicable to other distributed VCSs as well, although they're not as oriented towards transmitting changes with standalone patch bundles (often by email) as darcs is. -> The mercurial plugin seems to just use one repo and edit it directly - is there some reason that's okay there but not for darcs? I agree with tuomov that having just the one repo would be preferable; the point of a dvcs is that there's no difference between one repo and another. I've got a darcs.pm based on mercurial.pm, that's almost usable... --bma +> The mercurial plugin seems to just use one repo and edit it directly - is +> there some reason that's okay there but not for darcs? I agree with tuomov +> that having just the one repo would be preferable; the point of a dvcs is +> that there's no difference between one repo and another. I've got a +> darcs.pm based on mercurial.pm, that's almost usable... --bma + +>> IMHO it comes down to whatever works well for a given RCS. Seems like +>> the darcs approach _could_ be done with most any distributed system, but +>> it might be overkill for some (or all?) While there is the incomplete darcs +>> plugin in [[todo/darcs]], if you submit one that's complete, I will +>> probably accept it into ikiwiki.. --[[Joey]] ## [[Git]]