From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Gud lord! Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:05:27 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030607210527.GA20914@gnu.org> References: <16098.1698.415992.223606@nick.uklinux.net> <1055004206.1439.12.camel@lan1> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055019888 13222 80.91.224.249 (7 Jun 2003 21:04:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:04:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 23:04:45 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 19Okrl-0003R3-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 23:04:45 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19OlAy-0001Xg-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 23:24:36 +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 19OktS-00075l-Rb for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:06:30 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Okso-0006iw-SL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:05:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19Oksi-0006Od-0V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:05:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19OksS-00065D-9r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:05:28 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 19OksR-0005fj-Rc; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:05:27 -0400 Original-To: Robert Anderson Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1055004206.1439.12.camel@lan1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop Original-cc: emacs 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:14887 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14887 On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:43:25AM -0700, Robert Anderson wrote: > To be handcuffed by a revision control system which is unable to sanely > rename a file - in the year 2003 - seems absurd to me. Please call back when there's actually a _stable_ and well-supported alternative; currently neither arch nor subversion are. CVS may suck rocks in many ways, but changing this is not something to be done lightly. -Miles -- `Suppose Korea goes to the World Cup final against Japan and wins,' Moon said. `All the past could be forgiven.' [NYT]