Next plans on radixlink and hash-preserving obsstore

Siddharth Agarwal sid at less-broken.com
Mon Jul 10 13:26:24 EDT 2017


On 7/9/17 10:16 PM, Sean Farley wrote:
> Jun Wu <quark at fb.com> writes:
>
>> hash-preserving obsstore,
> I've commented on this before but I will try to be as explicit as
> possible here.
>
> I do not want to think about hash-preserving obsstore right now.

I'm speaking from the point of view of someone who uses obsolete markers 
but isn't involved in the day to day design work.

I do want us to think about it, actually.

>
> I do not want to think about it for the next year even.
>
> I want obs-exchange to solved before hash-preserving.
>
> I want all the UI/UX of evolve to be solve and in core before we even
> *contemplate* (the over-engineered) hash-preserving.


Hash preservation (or not) is necessarily one of the core tenets of any 
UX based around obsolete markers. This isn't about whether it's 
overengineered -- this is about whether it makes sense to users, and 
whether an "hg undo" command brings you back to the same hash or not is 
one of the more fundamental design decisions to make.

It's usually a good practice to first determine what users expect and 
work backwards from there.

- Siddharth

>
> I don't know how to be more clear with you while still being polite.
>
>
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