> > From: Jason Dagit <[email protected]> > > > I'm sure this must be a VFAQ, but... There seems to be universal > agreement > > that Darcs is a nice idea, but is unsuitable for "real" projects. Even > GHC > > keeps talking about getting rid of Darcs. Can anybody tell me what the > > "problems" with Darcs actually are? > > > > It's been documented in the GHC discussions, on reddit, and elsewhere. I > would encourage you to look at the darcs-users mailing list archives and > the > ghc archives.
At least regarding GHC and darcs, one significant problem is that GHC used a darcs-1 format repository, which has several known and significant drawbacks. Darcs-2 is much better in this respect. As to why ghc didn't just change to darcs-2, read the archives... John L.
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