> My take on this is as follows.  I hope I am being fair, but I think this
> is correct.  Ian seems to have update cycles spanning approximately 1-2
> years.  When he does an update, it tends to include every outstanding
> patch or a reimplementation thereof, and it tend to be a great release
> to use.  0.5 years or so later it is often good to include one or
> another patch along with it.
> 
> Other arrangements are possible that may work better.  

That seems right.

On a possibly related note, is anyone else using darcs ?
It feels quite like "monticello for files".

?http://abridgegame.org/darcs

Regards,
-Simon