From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric S. Raymond" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: My plans for VC mode Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:26:43 -0500 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20141123062643.GB8917@thyrsus.com> References: <20141122133351.46279382C23@snark.thyrsus.com> <87389b9hz8.fsf@gmx.de> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416724061 3840 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2014 06:27:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 06:27:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 07:27:35 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XsQdz-0007NN-De for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:27:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47779 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsQdy-0004gG-Vj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:27:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43692) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsQdh-0004f5-MN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:27:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsQdd-0000md-F6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:27:17 -0500 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5]:40388 helo=snark.thyrsus.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XsQdd-0000mZ-Ao for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:27:13 -0500 Original-Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 217BA382F38; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:26:43 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87389b9hz8.fsf@gmx.de> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 71.162.243.5 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:178060 Archived-At: Michael Albinus : > > > Accordingly, I have concluded that it is time to chuck backward > > compatibility and rewrite tha back-end API, simplifying as radically > > as I can and enforcing much stricter separation between the VC upper > > layer and the back ends. > > Do you also plan to change vc-registered? This supports file name > handlers, and (at least) Tramp would be affected. I don't know for sure yet, but that seems to me to be one of the least likely pieces to change. -- Eric S. Raymond