From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: arch taglines for emacs Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:00:21 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200308231402.HAA00501@morrowfield.regexps.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061748570 21189 80.91.224.253 (24 Aug 2003 18:09:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:09:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 24 20:09:27 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19qzIt-0007lz-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:09:27 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19qzO4-0002Dd-01 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:14:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19qzEq-0001ec-Jp for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:05:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19qzDg-0001Hc-Pr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:04:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19qzD9-00018x-GQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19qzD9-00018q-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:03:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.20) id 19qzA5-0000Ql-Ey; Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:00:21 -0400 Original-To: Tom Lord In-reply-to: <200308231402.HAA00501@morrowfield.regexps.com> (message from Tom Lord on Sat, 23 Aug 2003 07:02:31 -0700 (PDT)) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16127 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16127 That is a specific variation on the general idea we've been kicking around for what to do. It's likely we'll do something like that. The specific proposal doesn't answer the question of changes to spaces _within_ the tag: /* arch-tag: tagged on 2003-01-01-12:12:12 by miles bader !! */ vs. /* arch-tag: tagged on 2003-01-01-12:12:12 by miles bader!! */ Deletion of a single space is unlikely--filling won't do that, and humans are likely to think of it as a real change and not do it either. By contrast, what is likely to happen is changes in number of spaces. So if you treat all whitespace groups as equivalent to a single space, you should avoid the problem. Also, if you use string syntax with doublequotes, people are likely to avoid changing anything inside that, even the number of spaces. but that would produce the inventory tag: i_53bb84c6-dee0-46c6-a275-2db144993d89_*/ which "seems wrong". (It would work fine -- it just looks odd.) If the comment changed to: /*arch-tag: 53bb84c6-dee0-46c6-a275-2db144993d89*/ that would (undesirably) change the inventory tag: i_53bb84c6-dee0-46c6-a275-2db144993d89*/ That change would be unlikely, so maybe we should just use this form and let the */ be part of the arch tag.