From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Locks on the Bzr repository Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:38:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4C6D56DB.7040703@swipnet.se> <4C6D8EC5.7040901@swipnet.se> <4C6E1F0A.7070506@swipnet.se> <837hjlr78p.fsf@gnu.org> <87zkwhtws5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83tymppj62.fsf@gnu.org> <871v9t8klf.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83lj81pazq.fsf@gnu.org> <83aaogpcbu.fsf@gnu.org> <87vd737pxd.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83pqxboi38.fsf@gnu.org> <87r5hr6qvf.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87hbin6m04.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282469937 13343 80.91.229.12 (22 Aug 2010 09:38:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:38:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: u.s.reddy@cs.bham.ac.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 22 11:38:55 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1On70w-0007Uk-8Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:38:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36527 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1On70d-0006ge-9u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:38:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35947 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1On70U-0006fv-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:38:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1On70S-00051T-OC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:46701) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1On70S-00051M-CD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eliz by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1On70M-0008T3-Sg; Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:38:18 -0400 In-reply-to: <87hbin6m04.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (stephen@xemacs.org) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:129021 Archived-At: > From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" > Cc: u.s.reddy@cs.bham.ac.uk, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:21:31 +0900 > > > There's one other problem with holding back commits to minor > > problems: someone else could solve the same problem in the > > meantime. Apart of the obvious social issues ("I was the first to > > fix it"), there's the issue of wasted effort. > > I don't consider that wasted effort, actually. The person who gets > there first usually gets the credit, the second person is a perfect > candidate to review. :-) Code is seldom reviewed in Emacs, the only exceptions are contributors who explicitly ask for a review. And there's the issue of conflicts when you resync next (unless the committed fix is textually identical to the one in your WT).