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  • Committer: Martin Pool
  • Date: 2008-08-06 07:39:30 UTC
  • mto: (3606.2.1 1.6)
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 3608.
  • Revision ID: mbp@sourcefrog.net-20080806073930-d12u94cx6d0w0ctt
Prepare 1.6rc1

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IN DEVELOPMENT
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bzr 1.6rc1 2008-08-06
 
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This release candidate for bzr 1.6 solidifies the new branch stacking
 
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feature.  Bazaar now recommends that users upgrade all knit repositories,
 
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because later formats are much faster.  However, we plan to continue read/write and
 
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upgrade support for knit repostories for the forseeable future.  Several
 
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other bugs and performance issues were fixed.
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      warnings whenever it encounters one.  Use ``bzr upgrade`` to upgrade
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      knit repositories to pack format.  (Andrew Bennetts)
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  FEATURES:
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  IMPROVEMENTS:
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    * ``bzr check`` can now be told which elements at a location it should
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    * Handle a file turning in to a directory in TreeTransform.
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      (James Westby, #248448)
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  DOCUMENTATION:
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  TESTING:
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    * ``MutableTree.commit`` has an extra optional keywork parameter