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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by "C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net> on 2012/10/16 13:49:58 UTC
Re: renaming "symmetric merge"
On 10/16/2012 06:46 AM, Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 01:08:26AM -0000, julianfoad@apache.org wrote:
>> Author: julianfoad
>> Date: Tue Oct 16 01:08:26 2012
>> New Revision: 1398597
>>
>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1398597&view=rev
>> Log:
>> Make the symmetric merge APIs public.
>
> Hey Julian, are you still planning to rename these APIs from "symmetric"
> to "automatic" merge? I think "automatic" is a much better term to use
> because it is somewhat easier to understand from the user's perspective.
> Especially for new users who will start using Subversion at 1.8 or later
> releases. The term "symmetric" only makes sense to people who understand
> why "svn merge" behaviour wasn't symmetric in 1.7 and earlier releases.
I'm voting for the likes of svn_client_skynet__find_merge(),
svn_client_skynet__do_merge(), ... ;-)
--
C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>
CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Enterprise Cloud Development
Re: renaming "symmetric merge"
Posted by Julian Foad <ju...@btopenworld.com>.
I (Julian Foad) wrote:
> Stefan Sperling wrote:
>> Hey Julian, are you still planning to rename these APIs from "symmetric"
>> to "automatic" merge? I think "automatic" is a much better term to use
>> because it is somewhat easier to understand from the user's perspective.
>> Especially for new users who will start using Subversion at 1.8 or later
>> releases. The term "symmetric" only makes sense to people who understand
>> why "svn merge" behaviour wasn't symmetric in 1.7 and earlier releases.
>
> Great, thanks for the feedback. In that case, I'll do it.
r1399738.
- Julian
Re: renaming "symmetric merge"
Posted by "C. Michael Pilato" <cm...@collab.net>.
On 10/16/2012 11:01 AM, Julian Foad wrote:
> C-M Pilato wrote:
>> I'm voting for the likes of svn_client_skynet__find_merge(),
>> svn_client_skynet__do_merge(), ... ;-)
>
> Erm, I'm afraid the humour is lost on me. Not sure what's going on in your head :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28Terminator%29
--
C. Michael Pilato <cm...@collab.net>
CollabNet <> www.collab.net <> Enterprise Cloud Development
Re: renaming "symmetric merge"
Posted by Julian Foad <ju...@btopenworld.com>.
Stefan Sperling wrote:
> Hey Julian, are you still planning to rename these APIs from "symmetric"
> to "automatic" merge? I think "automatic" is a much better term to use
> because it is somewhat easier to understand from the user's perspective.
> Especially for new users who will start using Subversion at 1.8 or later
> releases. The term "symmetric" only makes sense to people who understand
> why "svn merge" behaviour wasn't symmetric in 1.7 and earlier releases.
Great, thanks for the feedback. In that case, I'll do it.
C-M Pilato wrote:
> I'm voting for the likes of svn_client_skynet__find_merge(),
> svn_client_skynet__do_merge(), ... ;-)
Erm, I'm afraid the humour is lost on me. Not sure what's going on in your head :-)
- Julian