Re: Strange message from "bzr pull"

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:19:43 +0100
> Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 08:02, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > If so, perhaps it's better to say on the wiki that
> > "bzr update" be always used in trunk/, because it will always work, no
> > matter if the mirror diverged or not?
> 
> If you look at the archives of the Bazaar list, there's a thread "bzr
> pull vs. bzr update" starting on Dec 16 where the issue is discussed
> (specifically with respect to Emacs and the BzrForEmacsDevs document).

Thanks for the pointer.

After reading that, I think that the Emacswiki should recommend "bzr up",
not "bzr pull".  The main reason is that the Bazaar docs say one should
use `update' in this configuration.  Bazaar docs are far from ideal,
but they are very clear on this issue.  It doesn't make sense, IMO, to
confuse newcomers to Bazaar by going against the user manual, especially
if we want to save them from extra confusion.

Besides, with the trunk not treeless anymore, the chances that one-off
changes will be done there just became higher, and with them the risk
of having "bzr pull" error out ==> more confusion, and IMO for no good
reason.