1.0 approaches

[Masklinn]

On 8 Feb 2008, at 05:55 , Brendan Cully wrote:

> On Thursday, 07 February 2008 at 18:49, Matt Mackall wrote:
>> There are still some areas with rough edges - named branches and case
>> sensitivity come to mind. Improvements there that aren't too invasive
>> will be considered, but these aren't currently going to be considered
>> showstoppers.
>
> In my opinion, named branches in their current form do more harm  
> than good.
> People use them expecting them to behave more like in-repository  
> clones
> that they can play with and then drop, and usually become frustrated
> with them, but only after they've permanently cluttered their  
> repositories.
>
> They also interact badly with clone and older clients, as well as  
> having
> more benign UI warts.
>

I strongly agree with your take on it, and it's even more flagrant  
(and frustrating) when comparing mercurial's branches and git's.