[Python-Dev] I would like an svn account

[Andrew Bennetts]

Barry Warsaw wrote:
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> On Jan 3, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
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>> 1. I think that a patch can not e.g. capture a moved, renamed or  
>> deleted file.
>> Further, it can not handle e.g. things like the executable bit or  
>> similar
>> things that SVN otherwise does manage. That is what makes a patch only
>> partially suitable.
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> Bazaar bundles handle moved, renamed and deleted files and directories, 
> afaik.  Executable bits and other file metadata are harder because such 
> properties are OS specific, and Bazaar tries to be OS agnostic.

Actually, Bazaar also handles the execute bit too.  But it doesn't try to
capture any other file metadata like mtime or permissions.

-Andrew.