Deprecation of localtags (was: Stamps)

Christian Ebert blacktrash at gmx.net
Mon May 9 16:56:33 CDT 2011


* Matt Mackall on Monday, May 09, 2011 at 13:08:22 -0500
> The point remains: we're not going to add a dozen different types of
> markers to cover all useful behaviors (the above table suggests 64
> possible types!). Even having one for each column above would be too
> many. Even the four we currently have: too many. I'm planning
> deprecating[1] localtags soon. 

Could you elobarate as to why? I find them actually quite useful,
like (temporary) personal notes for a specific changeset.

> [1] Before anyone freaks out, that just means it will cease to appear in
> the help for tag.

A footnote has never prevented me from freaking out ;-)

c
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