From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 03:29:20 +0900 Message-ID: <878ueaidtr.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <83twx2xoc8.fsf@gnu.org> <87619hke3u.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <551A3F17.6020903@math.ntnu.no> <20150331085055.GA2871@acm.fritz.box> <87zj6tiko1.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20150331104935.GB2871@acm.fritz.box> <86ego5cp95.fsf@dod.no> <20150331154839.GE2871@acm.fritz.box> <87pp7phxt1.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20150331204609.GG2871@acm.fritz.box> <87k2xwj11j.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <551B8DD0.1010800@math.ntnu.no> <551CEE3C.20309@math.ntnu.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427999396 28864 80.91.229.3 (2 Apr 2015 18:29:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 18:29:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Harald Hanche-Olsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 02 20:29:48 2015 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 1YdjsB-0007FJ-EV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:29:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59806 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YdjsA-0001Os-U3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:29:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydjry-0001On-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:29:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydjru-00005Z-3t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:29:34 -0400 Original-Received: from shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.161]:55443) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ydjrt-0008Hj-Qh; Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:29:30 -0400 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DE201C3848; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 03:29:21 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 11711120EC9; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 03:29:21 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <551CEE3C.20309@math.ntnu.no> X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta34) "kale" 83e5c3cd6be6 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 130.158.97.161 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:184801 Archived-At: Harald Hanche-Olsen writes: > Richard Stallman wrote: > > The reason I don't commit a change immediately after I write it is > > that I want to test it in real (and varied) use. Sometimes I find > > bugs and have to change it. After some period in which it works well, > > I decide it is ready to install. > > That is a good reason. But not sufficient, IMHO. It has its plus side from the point of view of tidiness. However, as Eli describes in more detail, it is a good idea to record the history of fixes and enhancements. This is *very* useful to third-party maintainers who want to preserve the original developer's intent. Proverbs about "the only thing we learn from history"[1] notwithstanding, people can and do learn from others' mistakes and improvements. Footnotes: [1] "... is that people don't learn from history."