From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wmperry@gnu.org (William M. Perry) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: plan for code freeze Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 09:40:24 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <86elc9hl7r.fsf@hel.bp.aventail.com> References: <200207181644.g6IGiuv11955@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200207191653.g6JGrpV26904@aztec.santafe.edu> <200208131634.g7DGYxf14020@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200208140515.g7E5F8R07436@wijiji.santafe.edu> <200208141439.g7EEd8o18274@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200208172008.g7HK8iu08874@wijiji.santafe.edu> <86u1llwrag.fsf@asgard.bp.aventail.com> <200208250526.g7P5QTS11987@wijiji.santafe.edu> <86hehfyoh6.fsf@asgard.bp.aventail.com> <200208291753.g7THrss11621@rum.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031150526 23630 127.0.0.1 (4 Sep 2002 14:42:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:42:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman , keichwa@gmx.net, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mbM5-00068x-00 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:42:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17mbvK-0001Ca-00 for ; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 17:18:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mbNf-0005dp-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 10:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mbKY-0004ty-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 10:40:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mbKV-0004tc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 10:40:29 -0400 Original-Received: from sccimhc01.insightbb.com ([63.240.76.163]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mbKV-0004tW-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 10:40:27 -0400 Original-Received: from hel.bp.aventail.com ([12.222.67.85]) by sccimhc01.insightbb.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020904144026.LQWB6542.sccimhc01.insightbb.com@hel.bp.aventail.com>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:40:26 +0000 Original-Received: from hel.bp.aventail.com (wmperry@hel.bp.aventail.com [192.168.0.6] (may be forged)) by hel.bp.aventail.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-2) with ESMTP id g84EeQXG030338; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:40:26 -0500 Original-Received: (from wmperry@localhost) by hel.bp.aventail.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Debian-2) id g84EeOPI030336; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:40:24 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: hel.bp.aventail.com: wmperry set sender to wmperry@gnu.org using -f Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" X-Face: O~Rn;(l][/-o1sALg4A@xpE:9-"'IR[%;,,!m7 ("Stefan Monnier"'s message of "Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:53:54 -0400") Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) XEmacs/21.5 (broccoflower, i686-pc-linux) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7464 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7464 "Stefan Monnier" writes: >> Unfortunately I'm stuck out in seattle right now and am swamped with work. >> Is there anythin necessary other than symlinking the url CVS tree into the >> emacs/lisp/ repository? >> >> Do such symlinks work in CVS repositories? I would have guessed they >> do not, but I am not an expert. > > CVS has special support for symlinks-in-the-repository, so it should > work, and if it doesn't, then CVS will tell you (I seem to remember that > there are limits to what CVS handles). It is already used for > emacs/src/regex.[ch] which is symlinked with gnulib/regex.[ch]. Who has access to the CVS machine to make these symlinks? I don't have direct access to that machine anymore. -bp -- Ceterum censeo vi esse delendam