[Scons-dev] Scons 2.3.2 regression, D tool...

[Dirk Bächle]

On 10.08.2014 08:43, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
> On Saturday, August 09, 2014 10:41:10 PM Dirk Bächle wrote:
>> On 09.08.2014 22:02, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
>>> Well, the "messy" bit is information that nobody really cares about; so
>>> why
>>> keep it around?
>> I may have read Russel's comment wrong, and understood it like "The
>> result is messy, so we don't have a proper workflow and need to switch
>> the VCS.". This would be wrong in my opinion..but this meaning probably
>> wasn't intended anyway.
>>
>> About "information": I'm a fan of keeping history as it
>> happens...including errors, and their immediate fixes. Today, I don't
>> know what information I might need tomorrow, or in 2 weeks/months. The
>> seemingly unusable commit (or even only its checkin comment) that I
>> rebase/squash away today, might serve as a starting point for a fresh
>> approach at a later time. Highly speculative, I know...but that's how I
>> see it.
> Well, the attached graphic is a zoomed-out-to-the-max screenshot of the
> history of ONE file in our ClearCase repository.  There are more branches to
> the right and bottom of the picture.  *Many* more branches.
Doesn't really shock me, I see these at work every day. ;) Well, maybe 
not *that* big, but large enough to make your head spin when you look at 
the screen for too long...

Dirk