strange phases order (public < draft < secret)

[Pierre-Yves David]

On 01/03/2014 12:31 PM, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> 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?

There is no desire to have the termilogie inverted from the 
implementation. It does not bring real good and will bring much 
confusion to people writting hook and extension.

-- 
Pierre-Yves