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phases: add a 'registernew' method to set new phases

This new function will be used by code that adds new changesets. It ajusts the
phase boundary to make sure added changesets are at least in their target
phase (they end up in an higher phase if their parents are in a higher phase).

Having a dedicated function also simplify the phases tracking. All the new
nodes are passed as argument, so we know that all of them needs to have their
new phase registered. We also know that no other nodes will be affected, so no
extra computation are needed.

This function differ from 'retractboundary' where some nodes might change
phase while some other might not. It can also affect nodes not passed as
parameters.

These simplification also apply to the computation itself. For now we use
'_retractboundary' there by convenience, but we may introduces simpler code
later.

While registering new revisions, we still need to check the actual phases of
the added node because it might be higher than the target phase (eg: target is
draft but parent is secret).

We will migrate users over the next changesets.

cHg
===

A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.

Install:

 $ make
 $ make install

Usage:

 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server

Environment variables:

Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
handled:

 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
   background command server.

The following variables are available for testing:

 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60