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  1. Bug #481748
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 481748

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James Westby (james-w) wrote : Re: [Bug 481748] Re: revspecs in recipes should be part of the URL

On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:42:33 -0000, Robert Collins <email address hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 09:22 +0000, James Westby wrote:
> > On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:07:09 -0000, Robert Collins <email address hidden> wrote:
> > > @james what functionality do you need in bzr?
> >
> > Basically being able to
> >
> > bzr branch <URI from recipe>
> >
> > so that you don't have to do a transformation from what you know works
> > for recipes and what you know works from bzr.
> >
> > I'd also prefer not to have the code to interpret the URI to branch +
> > revid in bzr-builder so that it can grow more easily to accommodate
> > other needs.
>
> Hmm. But bzr-builder doesn't use the command line interface to bzr
> anyway;

Correct

> and this is arguably a UI glue issue;

I don't understand this point.

> so I don't actually agree
> bzr needs or should change to permit this.

I don't think it needs to, I think it should. I think we should avoid an
inconsistent interface here.

Thanks,

James