From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gud lord! Date: 07 Jun 2003 09:43:25 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1055004206.1439.12.camel@lan1> References: <16098.1698.415992.223606@nick.uklinux.net> <200306071612.h57GCJQi010536@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055003702 25719 80.91.224.249 (7 Jun 2003 16:35:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 16:35:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 18:35:00 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Ogei-0006gP-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 18:35:00 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19Ogxp-0005ul-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 18:54:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Oggk-0001Py-74 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:37:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19OggJ-0001Ku-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:36:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Ogfw-0001At-1A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:36:16 -0400 Original-Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Oges-00014U-AL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (adsl-64-163-139-137.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.139.137])h57GZ7Pg127426; Sat, 7 Jun 2003 12:35:07 -0400 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: <200306071612.h57GCJQi010536@rum.cs.yale.edu> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-11) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14883 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14883 On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 09:12, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Where's the logic in putting gud.el in the progmodes directory? I can see the > > point in grouping files which have a natural relationship together but gud.el > > is not a mode for a computer language. If I'm looking for something, I quite > > often grep the lisp directory, so my rule would be: > > I don't have a particular opinion on this except I'd like to remind > people that CVS deals very poorly with file moves, so it's best > to refrain from doing them unless there's a really compelling reason. As an aside, I'd remind people that this is one of a very long list of reasons why CVS is inadequate for open source development considering superior alternatives such as arch: http://regexps.srparish.net/src/arch. To be handcuffed by a revision control system which is unable to sanely rename a file - in the year 2003 - seems absurd to me. Bob