Path fixes

[Torsten Anders]

Dear Denys,

Thank you for your quick reply.

> > Do you suggest I do a svn branch the next time?
>
> I think so: for us developers, it's probably an ok model.  Branching  
> in svn is
> cheap and we can have "thow away" branches simply by using "svn delete  
> BRANCH"
> when we are done with them.
>
> Unfortunately, the fact that svn is "centralized" means that  
> non-developers
> won't be able to create branches.  This is one reason I believe bzr is  
> vastly
> superior.  I am currently looking at the possibility of a  
> bidirectional gateway
> between svn and bzr.  I'll let you know if I get anywhere.

So, I understand that svn branches are fine for anyone registered at  
gforge. Do you think Mozart users are more likely to send patches in  
case they do not need to register?

Nevertheless, I think for this Path patch it is more convenient to  
compare the results of the test cases of the original and changed  
version than to read through some (unfortunately not existing) edit  
history.

> ah, er... I haven't looked in Path.tgz yet, sorry.

I know that you have a busy job, please take you time. There has hardly  
been any commit since September, so there is no need to hurry ;-)

> > Juergen Stueber actually did that for Mozart in 2004. I think he  
> announced that
> > on the mailing list. I still have his sources on my machine. It may  
> not be fit
> > for every purpose, but it would be a start..
>
> Perhaps.  Does anyone have time to look into this?

The relevant emails are here:

http://lists.gforge.info.ucl.ac.be/pipermail/mozart-users/2005/ 
006123.html
http://lists.gforge.info.ucl.ac.be/pipermail/mozart-users/2005/ 
006150.html

The most time consuming job would be of course to write those unit  
tests...

Best,
Torsten

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