bug#22672: 25.0.91; opening a CVS file accesses the repository in 25; didn't in 24

bug#22672: 25.0.91; opening a CVS file accesses the repository in 25; didn't in 24

[Rob Newton]

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bug#22672: 25.0.91; opening a CVS file accesses the repository in 25; didn't in 24

[Zack Piper]

Hi,

Sorry, I can't help concerning the bug report, but I'd just like to
point out that your email is in HTML. Unfortuently none of us have
HTML renderers in our brain, so it's slightly difficult to decipher. ;)

For context, my email client, and probably a lot of others on this
list, doesn't support HTML rendering.

Just like to point this out, sorry for the interruption. :)

-- 
Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net> http://apertron.net

bug#22672: 25.0.91; opening a CVS file accesses the repository in 25; didn't in 24

[Dmitry Gutov]

Hi Rob,

On 02/15/2016 06:52 AM, Rob Newton wrote:
>
> When a CVS file is opened using C-x C-f or it is being opening at
> startup as part of the saved desktop, emacs accesses the repository for
> information about the file.  When the repository is remote this makes
> startup very slow if many files are opened in the desktop.

I haven't tried this using desktop, but when I just open a file in a CVS 
repo normally, Emacs doesn't use the network. Or even call the cvs 
command, usually.

What's the value of vc-stay-local in your Emacs?

P.S. Like suggested before me, please use text in your messages here 
rather than HTML.

bug#22672: 25.0.91; opening a CVS file accesses the repository in 25; didn't in 24

[Dmitry Gutov]

Hi Rob,

On 05/09/2016 06:50 AM, Rob Newton wrote:

> Now you mention vc-stay-local, I searched my .emacs for any vc-*
> definitions, and found just this one that I put in my .emacs ages ago
> and forgot about:
>
> ;; prevent CVS from creating local version backups
> (setq vc-cvs-stay-local nil)
>
> When I remove that the problem goes away.

Thanks for verifying. Closing the bug.

> It is odd that in 24.5 and vc-cvs-stay-local set to nil, when opening a
> local file there is no remote access.  But in 25.0 there is remote access.

For all I know, it's been broken in 24.5, and Eric accidentally fixed it 
during 25's development. Not sure there was ever a reason to change this 
variable's value from the default.

P.S. In the future, please keep the bug email address in the Cc field. 
That's how the bug discussions get recorded for posterity.