From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19049: 25.0.50; emacs-repository-get-version doesn't work with git Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:11:14 +0200 Message-ID: <837fyxizql.fsf@gnu.org> References: <21605.13364.160424.795470@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <8361eijo4i.fsf@gnu.org> <83fvdlj0u9.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415977950 27153 80.91.229.3 (14 Nov 2014 15:12:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19049@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 14 16:12:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIXs-0006aK-0P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:12:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36890 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIXr-0000rl-FS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:12:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50223) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIXh-0000jF-Dg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:12:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIXb-00019e-GU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:12:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIXb-00019a-EO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:12:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIXb-0008Br-3h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:12:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:12:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19049 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 19049-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19049.141597789631412 (code B ref 19049); Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:12:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19049) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Nov 2014 15:11:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60859 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIX5-0008AV-Uf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:11:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:52839) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XpIWz-0008AI-WB for 19049@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:11:30 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NF100900B21KU00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 19049@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:11:24 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NF1009H0BIZJX40@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:11:24 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:96006 > From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen > Cc: 19049@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:59:37 +0100 > > > Now you-all get to learn this stuff the hard way. > > Indeed. Hopefully after a few more days we'll have real recipes for how > to do all these "obvious if you've studied the Gnomic Scriptures" tasks, > and we can update the documentation with docs that actually say how to > do things. No, that's just the beginning. Almost every question asked about this resulted in umpteen different answers. Which one(s) to choose is another obstacle to negotiate, and it's not always easy, because each alternative has its subtle pro's and con's. We had 10 months and enough git expertise to discuss this and decide what's best. And we wasted it.