From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:41:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: some notes
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some notes
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+Why rewrite ?
+
+- want incompatible data format
+   - .top* is namespace pollution, want .topbloke/*
+   - need new dependency tracking
+       needed for dependency removal
+   - need new data versioning
+       needed to allow future forward-compatible-only changes
+   - need new branch name
+       needed to allow branch "removal" (ie, hiding)
+
+- therefore project needs new name
+
+- existing code has bugs
+    merge .topmsg, .topdeps
+    merge ordering
+
+- wrong implementation language IMO
+
+- maintainership change
+
+So overhaul and review needed of all core functions to support new
+semantics; result is not compatible; not much code will end up copied