Comment 6 for bug 485932
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| Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) wrote Re: [Bug 485932] Re: should stack foreign branch imports | #6 |
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Jonathan Lange wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Jelmer Vernooij <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Is there any reason not to treat code imports done using the foreign
>> branch plugins more like the mirrors of "native" Bazaar branches?
>>
>
> We've long thought it should be the other way around.
I'd definitely go as far as to say that it's silly that the two systems
share so little code...
> Much of the code import system is built around the premise that
> importing a branch can be computationally expensive. Mirroring a
> branch is rarely so.
Well, that's the theory, mirroring branches certainly can be expensive,
like the killer mysql branch and the sundry problems we've had with open
office branches...
Cheers,
mwh