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version 1.13, 2010/11/12 21:18:35 version 1.14, 2010/12/06 15:24:37
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 For now Fossil lacks some essential features and has other severe problems:  For now Fossil lacks some essential features and has other severe problems:
   
   1. Many operations require javascript-capable web browser.
 1. No support for vendor branches.  1. No support for vendor branches.
 * Redundant to "There's no support for importing vendor source"?  * Redundant to "There's no support for importing vendor source"?
 * No, it is different. I would import manually, if only some support were there.  * No, it is different. I would import manually, if only some support were there.
Line 49  even "addremove" command isn't in trunk  Line 50  even "addremove" command isn't in trunk 
 * This is quite recent (late October) fix, I didn't check it.  * This is quite recent (late October) fix, I didn't check it.
 1. You can't amend your source when you've just merged, you are forced to commit after merge.  1. You can't amend your source when you've just merged, you are forced to commit after merge.
 * To clarify, the merge has to be committed first, no separate commits are possible from the checkout before that.  * To clarify, the merge has to be committed first, no separate commits are possible from the checkout before that.
   * In practice this makes _critical_ defect in combination of "fossil diff" inability to generate difference for added files.
 1. You can't tune diff command to ignore RCS keywords.  1. You can't tune diff command to ignore RCS keywords.
 * Since RCS keywords are not really a native command, it is no surprise. An external diff program can be used for this purpose though.  * Since RCS keywords are not really a native command, it is no surprise. An external diff program can be used for this purpose though.
   * Since there's no external diff program that supports it, it is really not quite easy.
 1. You can't diff single file between two given versions.  1. You can't diff single file between two given versions.
 * diff --from version1 --to version2 path/to/file  * diff --from version1 --to version2 path/to/file
 * That didn't work, and I'm not sure it works now. It used to ignore path-to-file argument. (It used to bail out when both "--from" and "--to" were used.)  * That didn't work, and I'm not sure it works now. It used to ignore path-to-file argument. (It used to bail out when both "--from" and "--to" were used.)
Line 69  This applies to trunk at least, there's  Line 72  This applies to trunk at least, there's 
 * fossil ui and use a web browser  * fossil ui and use a web browser
 * We don't have web browser in base system, this information should be accessible with command line.  * We don't have web browser in base system, this information should be accessible with command line.
   
   
 Some of above problems are reported.  Some of above problems are reported.
   
 Note, all problems above are usability problems, I didn't explore e.g. scalability,  Note, all problems above are usability problems, I didn't explore e.g. scalability,
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