From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, rms@gnu.org, 75398@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75398: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 20:31:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86frlv6bgq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmn=2nB4wUmCrRzA-9gaUm0zzOX2PuauBs8EBeOz8qpj2A@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:15:26 -0600)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:15:26 -0600
> Cc: 75398@debbugs.gnu.org, "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 09:46:02 +0000
> >>
> >> Severity: wishlist
> >>
> >> In files.el, I read this:
> >>
> >> ;;; Commentary:
> >>
> >> ;; Defines most of Emacs's file- and directory-handling functions,
> >> ;; including basic file visiting, backup generation, link handling,
> >> ;; ITS-id version control, load- and write-hook handling, and the like.
> >>
> >> I understand that "version control" refers to backup files rather than
> >> VCS, but what is "ITS-id"? I can't find any references to that in the
> >> manual, or by grepping, but since the text was written in 1993, is it
> >> possible that it refers to "Incompatible Time-Sharing System"...?
> >
> > Yes, I think ITS was the system which introduced numbered backup
> > files. Maybe someone else (Richard?) could confirm.
> >
> > This commentary was added by Eric Raymond in March 1993.
>
> The question is how do we update this comment to be relevant in 2025.
I'd replace "ITS-id version control" with "version control for
numbered backup files".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-06 18:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-06 9:46 bug#75398: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control Stefan Kangas
2025-01-06 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-06 17:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2025-01-06 18:31 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2025-01-07 5:23 ` Stefan Kangas
2025-01-07 5:10 ` Richard Stallman
2025-01-07 12:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
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