From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Yates Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:57:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: <55118B3F.3090408@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c37f9c2bc4b705122fb7ae X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427371088 32028 80.91.229.3 (26 Mar 2015 11:58:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers , Dmitry Gutov To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 26 12:58:01 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 1Yb6QD-00067L-4b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 12:58:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44026 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb6QC-0005Rl-BN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:58:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45421) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb6PV-0004pJ-Cm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:57:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb6PU-0003eH-FJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:57:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]:37563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yb6PO-0003dA-4H; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:57:10 -0400 Original-Received: by wiaa2 with SMTP id a2so18917190wia.0; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:57:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Uk8DgXarZYuWD1pA/V8PlNaBSiECONRs7Jswy4c2BdU=; b=Vm9Ws3ejyo2R6Dw4nWveLg4ceUZ2Pk/dF8nBY+TjISPa73nXWcCbRvl9dNdDva6QPg FB52hwPgOUar78Jk446C4kuf0RO2qVos7/tUAFlz2DUlAmybWxEcJU1PkD4FWHcampdL ZMb+r29ytwrHMgbQe9BAMHD81nM0Ds/pNHcecz7ocG/oDVs47+on8g4AkJoBsQOQWLzy JVz86k7/7GId3FzaZep+PMXZXkvAiNP5pOt45Tt1nsQltsLu93yiG3qJrxE2n8is7w5t RSMpYzGjNTRf6y1zhoSqn2W4XVkyyIP7SONTW1iXw417Y2b/gG3g/l5eADVBErjC+wRH i4Rw== X-Received: by 10.180.206.13 with SMTP id lk13mr46580872wic.35.1427371029413; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:57:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.17.38 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:57:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: Ac-B3i0mhloBkKQxRISphZc-WQQ X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::236 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:184318 Archived-At: --001a11c37f9c2bc4b705122fb7ae Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:54 AM, Richard Stallman wrote: > It is a mistake to say that "modern" DVCs all work this way. > BZR did not. I never had this problem with BZR. > IIANM that was not an inherent property of BZR but a configuration choice made by the emacs project at the time of converting to BZR. BZR made a point of allowing one to choose a highly centralized workflow. During emacs' BZR era the project opt'ed to avail itself of that choice. GIT offers no such choice. It proudly offers only a distributed workflow. /john --001a11c37f9c2bc4b705122fb7ae Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:54 AM, Richard St= allman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
It is a mistake to say that "mo= dern" DVCs all work this way.
BZR did not.=C2=A0 I never had this problem with BZR.

IIANM that was not an inherent property of BZR bu= t a configuration
choi= ce made by the emacs project at the time of converting to BZR.
=
BZR made a point of allowing one t= o choose a highly centralized
workflow.=C2=A0 During emacs' BZR era the project opt'ed to= avail itself
of that = choice.=C2=A0 GIT offers no such choice.=C2=A0 It proudly offers only
a distributed workflow.

/john

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