what I think: guys you are doing great job. :-) On Oct 14, 2012 5:05 PM, "Eric Kow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do you think, darcs-users? > http://darcs.net/hcar/Darcs.tex > > Darcs is a distributed revision control system written in Haskell. In > Darcs, every copy of your source code is a full repository, which allows > for > full operation in a disconnected environment, and also allows anyone with > read access to a Darcs repository to easily create their own branch and > modify it with the full power of Darcs' revision control. Darcs is based on > an underlying theory of patches, which allows for safe reordering and > merging of patches even in complex scenarios. For all its power, Darcs > remains a very easy to use tool for every day use because it follows the > principle of keeping simple things simple. > > Our most recent release, Darcs 2.8.2, was in September 2012. Some key > changes in Darcs 2.8 include support for GHC 7, a faster and more > readable \texttt{darcs annotate}, a \texttt{darcs obliterate -O} which > can be used to conveniently ``stash'' patches, hunk editing for the > \texttt{darcs revert} command. > > We have some fairly exciting work merged into mainline Darcs for the > next release. First, we have a new rebase feature which should be a > great help for darcs users that maintain long-term and conflict prone > branches. The new rebase feature will also be useful for some more day > to day use cases such as the “deep amend-record” feature many of us have > long wished for, or even just more basic patch cleanups and > reorganisation. Second, the 2012 Google Summer of Code project by BSRK > Aditya has been succesful, with the long-promised patch index > optimisation now merged into mainline. The patch index will help Darcs > users who need to search for changes to specific files within a large > number of patches (particularly relevant to darcs hosting sites). > > More generally, our work has emphasised two of our key priorities: code > quality and Darcs hosting. For code quality we have embarked on an > overhaul of our module organisation along with work towards deeper > refactors such as the use of a Darcs monad to better capture our some > darcs-specific state-tracking IO. Darcs hosting is also a fairly hot > area in Darcs development. Simon Michael has pushed forward development > of the original Darcsden code by Alex Suraci, resulting in the recent > darcsden 1.0 release (September 2012) and new public host > \url{http://hub.darcs.net}. Feedback and help pushing forward this new > Darcs hosting option will be greatly appreciated! > > Darcs is free software licensed under the GNU GPL (version 2 or > greater). Darcs is a proud > member of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a US tax-exempt 501(c)(3) > organization. We accept donations at > \url{http://darcs.net/donations.html}. > > > > -- > Eric Kow <http://erickow.com> > _______________________________________________ > darcs-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users >
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