lets change the default format as soon as possible

[Martin Pool]

2009/8/10 Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net>:
> We have 2.0 coming up. We want that release to change the default.
>
> So lets do so as soon as possible. If, at the time we go to release the
> next bzr release we have showstoppers preventing 2.0, we can always
> change the default back in that branch only.

I agree we should change it very soon - early in the cycle is much
better for this.  We should  upgrade bzr itself too.

I have a tiny plugin at
https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~mbp/bzr/default2a that when installed
changes the default format.  I would encourage people to try running
with this.

I've been working through the test failures with 2a - none of them
have been huge so far, but there are still a handful of distinct
failures to go.

In general, we should never have things in trunk that we don't believe
to be suitable for the next release - if every developer was ill
between now and then and a robot made the release it should be at
least acceptable.  Of course sometimes things turn out to need to be
reverted, but we should think they're ready to go before landing.  In
other words, I'm ok with putting it in with the option to back it out,
but not with an expectation we probably will back it out.  I think
that agrees with what you said.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>