From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ugliness in simple.el CVS log Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:13:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87647ntpw0.fsf@ambire.localdomain> References: <17964.14254.508886.277361@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17964.30085.167317.958498@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177319614 15508 80.91.229.12 (23 Apr 2007 09:13:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:13:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , miles@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 23 11:13:27 2007 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 1Hfubu-0007u8-Nw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:13:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuhI-0001Br-8U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:19:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuhE-0001Bm-6x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:18:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuhA-0001Ba-Ga for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:18:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuhA-0001BX-Bj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:18:52 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out2.libero.it ([212.52.84.42]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hfubj-0004hr-EN; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:13:15 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (172.31.0.41) by smtp-out2.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FD98013EDA1C; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:13:10 +0200 X-Scanned: with antispam and antivirus automated system at libero.it Original-Received: from smtp-out2.libero.it ([172.31.0.38]) by localhost (asav-out1.libero.it [192.168.32.29]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id guDdqGD0EC5h; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:13:10 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ambire.localdomain (151.21.37.221) by smtp-out2.libero.it (7.3.120) id 4611FD3801CC28DA; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:13:10 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire.localdomain with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Hfubn-0001ML-BQ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:13:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <17964.30085.167317.958498@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Mon\, 23 Apr 2007 20\:59\:49 +1200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) 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:69843 Archived-At: () Nick Roberts () Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:59:49 +1200 Anything that requires admin (cvsadmin) privileges is usually pretty dangerous hmm, too broad (discounting "usually" which cannot be known). dangerous operations change structure of the revision tree. in this case (modifying a (purely informative) property on one node of the tree), there is no structural change. thi