strange phases order (public < draft < secret)

[anatoly techtonik]

On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 20:33 +0300, anatoly techtonik wrote:
>> I really don't get why changeset evolution phases
>> are inverted in Mercurial. You start with secret and
>> draft changesets, which then are evolved into public.
>>
>> So, logicall the "public" is "higher" on the evolution
>> chain. Why is it the reverse?
>
> Just about every display of changesets shows more recent changes above
> older ones. Also, earlier revisions have lower numbers. So down = lower
> = older = public is the natural direction.

I kind of can accept that, but it is still confusing to hear that
public is older
than secret and draft.

> Originally, the analogy for phases was frozen vs liquid, and thus there
> was an obvious temperature component to the analogy as well.

The analogy that public is more hot is cool. =)

> Evolution is a concept that came later (and is not even quite yet part
> of hg, while phases have been a core feature for years).
>
> $ hg help phases | grep evolution

Sorry, Windows here. No grep, and even less is not possible if you
don't know more.

Is there any desire to invert the phase of phase terminology?