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John A Meinel wrote:
> The other thing to be aware of with this last point, is that the changes
> introduced depend on which parent you pick, for merge revisions. Since
> either one is a valid base.
Good point.
> However, I think changeset is defined as "rev X relative to rev Y".
In other RCSes, changesets are filesystem objects (files or, in Arch's
case, directories) that represent the differences between X and Y with
more fidelity than patch. They don't necessarily imply that X is the
parent of Y.
> We
> have a "changeset" plugin that has a chance of making it into the core,
> so the term does exist. Perhaps we should change the name, if the
> terminology is poor.
Terminology like 'compressed revision' or 'revision file' might make the
most sense, because when we say 'changeset' we then have to re-educate
people about what they do.
Aaron
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