From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: source repository Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:09:25 +1200 Message-ID: <18059.11141.84106.905999@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <200707031442.28402.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <468A3997.2040500@f2s.com> <200707031514.17225.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <87tzskyeuf.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183525816 20726 80.91.229.12 (4 Jul 2007 05:10:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 05:10:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Paul Pogonyshev , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 04 07:10:13 2007 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I5x80-00019b-Qf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:10:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5x80-0005Zj-5s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:10:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I5x7Y-00053M-Md for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:09:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I5x7W-0004zg-BZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:09:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5x7V-0004zF-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:09:41 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I5x7U-0005yH-4u; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:09:40 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (24.62.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.62.24]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCB13D9BCA; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:09:31 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1C9FA8FBF6; Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:09:26 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: <87tzskyeuf.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.50.10 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:74271 Archived-At: > > Just think how many man-hours will be wasted if every Emacs > > developer and contributor will have to install, learn, and set up > > an unfamiliar configuration management package. > > Not so. You were correct the first time: it's an "investment", not a > "waste". It will be a waste if the chosen system becomes unsupported. There seems to have been an explosion of version control software recently, and presumably some will sink into oblivion. While CVS has undoubtedly presented problems, they are small compared to more practical ones such as finding people with the right skills who are willing to work unpaid on Emacs. Personally, I would like to see us change to a distributed system but would prefer to wait until there is one clear candidate. I guess I could stand one change, but two would be too many. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob