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Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:15:26 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:15:26 -0600 In-Reply-To: <86jzb857v5.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:298677 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Stefan Kangas >> 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.