Martin Poole. (Martin Pool), the project leader. Bazaar.
Matthew: Congratulations on the release of two. 0. 0! .
Martin: ' It is safer, better, stronger, faster ' - we did 2a, the default format, which led to a significant acceleration of work and reduce the size of repositories. Last. tests. conducted. Ian. Show the repository in this format take up less disk space than a similar Mercurial, and about the same as in Git. Of course, results vary, but they determine the approximate picture and show how much we have available to transfer data from a local disk or over a network.
More good news - the beginning of a series of two stable. 0. A release, where we will only correct errors and ( if possible ) does not create new bugs and changes that affect compatibility API, and the storage format. We've heard from users that in some situations they find our monthly assemblies too frequent, so now we're going to give them a choice of either a stable branch, or new features and capabilities in a branch 2. 1beta.
Matthew: In the announcement of the release you say that the new data format is ... What can I expect as a user Bazaar?.
Martin: I have found from experience, living on the other side of the globe from the data center Canonical ( London). push and pull of Launchpad'a is much faster - for some operations, most of the time consuming need to open a SSH- connection.
Matthew: Is it easy to get a new data storage format for the existing branches?.
Martin: Yes, often you just need to run the update, but you may want to first read. ...
It reminded me of yet another change - Jan converted our documentation for Sphinx, so we have a neat HTML, and native files using Windows.
Matthew: Community Bazaar has made a really interesting work on the repository format. Is the new format or is the culmination of something other than you prefer?.
Martin: I think there's something to work: for example, Alexander Belchenko, the user with some cars on older versions of Windows, reads the mantra that ... Robert Collins. (Robert Collins) made a sketch of the format 'dirstate2' for the organization of the tree, which can be even smaller and faster.
But before you make a new public release, I think we should pay close attention to how users work with the new format, especially when you consider that we have several developers. It's not as easy as we would like. I think, 2a gives us a good checkpoint, which will work for a while.
Matthew: What did you like most about this version?.
Martin: I get excited from that of a good release, 2a fulfilled its role and has already hit the Karmic as a basis for future stable versions.
Matthew: What distinguishes the Bazaar from other version control systems?.
Martin: I think that the transition to a Bazaar is much easier. Bazaar can be used as a distributed or centralized manner or in an intermediate state between them, and it works fine for people who are accustomed to working with CVS and Subversion, or a group where some members are not prepared technically. We strive to maintain a simple user interface and clear documentation. Each important function can now be done via the GUI Explorer or the command line. In addition, Bazaar can directly interact with the project from SVN, Git and Hg by the third-party plug-ins, so that people can make a gradual transition.
Matthew: What do you advise the project over to the Bazaar, on the other VCS?.
Martin: Do not hesitate to talk to us on IRC or mailing list about how you plan to use the Bazaar, or what issues have arisen during the transition.
Matthew: What is your favorite plugin for Bazaar?.
Martin: I guess. bzr-explorer. and. qbzr. They parallel and very rapidly, providing a graphical user interface.
Matthew: What will happen Bazaar in the future?.
Martin: As long as we are busy translating Ubuntu into a distributed development model.
Matthew: Thank you, Martin!.
interview. produced by Matthew Rivell (Matthew Revell).
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