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: [Fwd: [arch-users] Re: Gud lord!] Date: 08 Jun 2003 10:26:16 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1055093177.1439.286.camel@lan1> References: <1055034587.1439.121.camel@lan1> <1055048489.30724.282.camel@lan1> <200306081554.h58FsFZO024396@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 1055092704 13877 80.91.224.249 (8 Jun 2003 17:18:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:18:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 08 19:18:20 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 19P3oC-0003bZ-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 19:18:20 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19P47o-0003O3-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 19:38:36 +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 19P3p2-0003SV-D2 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 13:19:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19P3nv-0002co-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 13:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19P3nZ-0001me-1u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 13:17:50 -0400 Original-Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.102]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19P3nY-0001gV-7O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2003 13:17:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (adsl-64-163-139-137.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.139.137])h58HHbWG031194; Sun, 8 Jun 2003 13:17:38 -0400 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: <200306081554.h58FsFZO024396@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:14920 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14920 On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 08:54, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > [3] which _does_ offer a CVS->SVN conversion tool.... > > Such notions of "archive conversion" are deeply ill-conceived, IMO. I > > see no compelling reason to "fake" development history and many reasons > > not to. > > Remember the original post your responded to ? > The one where I complained that the problem with moving files > in CVS is that getting the past history becomes painful ? Of course. What about it? If you think "archive conversion" is a solution to that problem in any sense, I'd be interesting in hearing how you think so. Bob