deltaparent or deltabase; let's decide

timeless timeless at gmail.com
Fri May 6 07:34:49 CDT 2011


On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
> In the context of bundling, we're using deltabase to mean 'what this
> delta is based on', so it's actually somewhat logical. And it's no more
> or less wrong than 'deltaparent', because it's not necessarily a parent
> in our usual sense either. So we need another synonym. Possibilities:
> deltafrom, deltabasis, deltaagainst, deltareference.

perhaps baselinedelta ?


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