IIRC these are pulled from branch-2.14.

5 patches for repository http://darcs.net/screened:

patch 084e35c8083dc0fbbeb28c9a41f383c78c101a0d
Author: Ben Franksen <ben.franksen@online.de>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 16:22:42 CEST 2020
  * bump shelly version to 1.7.1.1 to avoid conflict with official version

patch 29bb91390b2b1d5066fc86d031b6f531a42e7275
Author: Ben Franksen <ben.franksen@online.de>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 11:49:34 CEST 2020
  * re-word the package description
  
  The motivation here was to explain better what makes Darcs different from
  other revision control systems. It is a bit more technical now and points
  out the conceptual simplicity that makes Darcs unique.

patch eb38e64eb542e475f64102a35acda3a94c16c5c5
Author: Ben Franksen <ben.franksen@online.de>
Date:   Wed Apr 29 12:27:43 CEST 2020
  * lots of updates to README.md
  
  This removes the link to http://darcs.net/Binaries, clarifies build
  instructions and documents limitations with respect to running the tests.
  The examples for running darcs have been reformatted and extended.
  Other sections have been partly re-worded and extended for clarity.

patch d09a942fd27365388bde0da8e1757eef3d9118c6
Author: Ben Franksen <ben.franksen@online.de>
Date:   Tue Apr 28 12:48:17 CEST 2020
  * add release notes for 2.14.4

patch e6c04d3fdf3fc5ee2ee083595ad213fcc2851dcd
Author: Ben Franksen <ben.franksen@online.de>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 13:34:11 CEST 2020
  * fix another instance where fail->error was wrong

Attachments

• bump-shelly-version-to-1_7_1_1-to-avoid-conflict-with-official-version.dpatch
• patch-preview.txt
• unnamed

On 20/06/2020 08:56, Ben Franksen wrote:

>   * bump shelly version to 1.7.1.1 to avoid conflict with official version

Fine.

>   * re-word the package description
>   
>   The motivation here was to explain better what makes Darcs different from
>   other revision control systems. It is a bit more technical now and points
>   out the conceptual simplicity that makes Darcs unique.

Thanks, I think the new one looks nice. (Slight nitpick would be whether
we can fairly claim that darcs is "unique" in being change-based, given
pijul, but I think it's reasonable enough.)

>   * lots of updates to README.md
>   
>   This removes the link to http://darcs.net/Binaries, clarifies build
>   instructions and documents limitations with respect to running the tests.
>   The examples for running darcs have been reformatted and extended.
>   Other sections have been partly re-worded and extended for clarity.

Another nice docs update, thanks!

>   * add release notes for 2.14.4

Fine.

>   * fix another instance where fail->error was wrong

Fine

>>   * re-word the package description
>>   
>>   The motivation here was to explain better what makes Darcs different from
>>   other revision control systems. It is a bit more technical now and points
>>   out the conceptual simplicity that makes Darcs unique.
> 
> Thanks, I think the new one looks nice. (Slight nitpick would be whether
> we can fairly claim that darcs is "unique" in being change-based, given
> pijul, but I think it's reasonable enough.)

This is a valid point. (If this were an abstract to a longer text I
would add a footnote here.)

Do you have an idea how to reformulate this so it does not make that
claim but is equally concise?

>> Thanks, I think the new one looks nice. (Slight nitpick would be whether
>> we can fairly claim that darcs is "unique" in being change-based, given
>> pijul, but I think it's reasonable enough.)
> 
> This is a valid point. (If this were an abstract to a longer text I
> would add a footnote here.)
> 
> Do you have an idea how to reformulate this so it does not make that
> claim but is equally concise?

It could use the word "special" or "different" instead of "unique", but
neither is perfect. A longer statement would be "different from most
revision control systems".

>> Do you have an idea how to reformulate this so it does not make that
>> claim but is equally concise?
> 
> It could use the word "special" or "different" instead of "unique", but
> neither is perfect. A longer statement would be "different from most
> revision control systems".

Okay, the slightly longer version is good, I think. See patch2069.