From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [DIFFS] Re: Connection to emacs CVS broken ? Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:54:16 -0400 Message-ID: <87ejnpqasn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <17913.45372.941749.353301@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <45F9C5E8.1010700@gnu.org> <87ps7am73r.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <17913.59348.720489.675967@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87y7lxde4n.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87odmt42ar.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1174071646 20782 80.91.229.12 (16 Mar 2007 19:00:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:00:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Herbert Euler , NIIMI Satoshi , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 16 20:00:39 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 1HSHfL-0002Ty-IB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:00:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HSHgU-0004O3-12 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:01:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HSHgP-0004MK-Nz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:01:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HSHgO-0004M4-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:01:44 -0500 Original-Received: from south-station-annex.mit.edu ([18.72.1.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HSHfF-0002Cw-K4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:00:33 -0400 Original-Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by south-station-annex.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l2GJ0UGb014621; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:00:30 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (OUTGOING-LEGACY.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.104]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.9.2) with ESMTP id l2GIsHJ9015059; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:54:18 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from localhost (MAIN-TWELVE-FIFTY-SIX.MIT.EDU [18.19.5.56]) ) by outgoing-legacy.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id l2GIsGNh026427; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:54:16 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from cyd by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HSHZA-00032j-00; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:54:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Kim F. Storm's message of "Fri\, 16 Mar 2007 17\:14\:35 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9.1 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:68012 Archived-At: >> Wouldn't it be easier to just check this in by hand? > > it only covers the trunk. By installing the most recent rsync > tar-ball, we would get the branches up-to-date as well. > > It probably wouldn't take more than 1 hour to compare two > very similar rsync tarballs either. > > So if you could get the two rsync tar-balls, compare and validate > them, and send the "best one" to the Savannah people, it would be time > well spent. Except that Herbert Euler doesn't have a server to upload his tarball to. Can someone help him out here?