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: bug#881: patch for bug #881 Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:25 -0500 Message-ID: <87r5ppfzsu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87wrzwp5gd.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87y6jxk9cw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263681043 32113 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2010 22:30:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:30:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , Emacs developers To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 16 23:30:36 2010 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 1NWHAB-00007B-9K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:30:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43942 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NWHAB-0007xF-Vg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NWHA7-0007wj-KS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NWHA3-0007tc-5V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44817 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NWHA2-0007tZ-Vt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:27 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.124]:59592) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWHA2-0005WN-Qh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:26 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (173-14-147-246-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.14.147.246]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po29.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0GMUPUi013319 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:30:25 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7110DC05D; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:30:25 -0700 (MST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:52:07 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:120131 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero writes: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 22:50, Chong Yidong wrote: > >> I don't think we should require --author until VC supports it. >> It's a major inconvenience. > > I think giving proper credit and keeping logs honest trumps over > inconvenience. But that's just MHO, of course. Our acknowledgements are generated from the ChangeLogs, so I don't think that's the issue. Sure, it would be nice to use the --author flag, because that's what the flag is intended for. But it is too inconvenient unless VC can handle it.