From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Michael Reilly Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:18:43 -0400 Message-ID: <48A968A3.8050806@pajato.com> References: <87zlprvod0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4868CF84.1040005@pajato.com> <48A90589.4020804@pajato.com> <48A91146.60200@pajato.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219061989 4008 80.91.229.12 (18 Aug 2008 12:19:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:19:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 18 14:20:41 2008 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 1KV3iy-0004Ym-UF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:20:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50627 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KV3i1-000512-Pi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KV3hx-00050W-U9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KV3hu-0004zN-EX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32819 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KV3hu-0004zB-5t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.pajato.com ([68.191.253.210]:53172 helo=copa.pajato.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KV3hu-0002Py-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.100.14] (68-191-253-213.static.oxfr.ma.charter.com [68.191.253.213]) (authenticated bits=0) by copa.pajato.com (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7ICJWod016968 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:32 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) In-Reply-To: X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (copa.pajato.com [68.191.253.210]); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:19:32 -0400 (EDT) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:102590 Archived-At: Miles Bader wrote: > Paul Michael Reilly writes: >>> I presume it's a mistake that you also committed a bunch of what seem to >>> be temporary files ? >> Nope. I figured it would make some sense to provide this data, >> especially the log of changes I applied as part of the somewhat >> incomplete merge. > > I'm not sure what you mean -- those files seem to merely contain output > from the "cvs log" command, which could presumably be easily duplicated by > anyone. Obviously the annotations could as well. [If you want that info > at a particular point in time, you should use "cvs tag" to add a tag.] > > So what exactly is the point of dumping it all into files in the repository? The *.changes files contain notes I added on what was done in the merge in case anyone wants to use/check that information in the absence of a real merge log entry. The real merge entry will get generated when the pmail*.el files are converted back to rmail*.el files. The *.annotation files were extremely useful during the merge from the branch to the pmail*.el files and while I knew/know they can be regenerated it is a convenience to have them handy, IMHO. Again, all of these pmail*.el, *.changes and *.annotations files supporting completing the Rmail/mbox conversion are temporary and exist in the faint hope that it will make it easier to get other developers to help out. And in no small part because I have not worked on this code in years and wanted to have an audit trail to help reveal any mistakes I might have made. -pmr