From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC mode and git Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:42:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5511998E.8080309@cs.ucla.edu> <5512F8C7.7010509@math.ntnu.no> <5513F889.4000404@math.ntnu.no> <55212DE9.8070806@math.ntnu.no> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428255837 27157 80.91.229.3 (5 Apr 2015 17:43:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 17:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Harald Hanche-Olsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 05 19:43:57 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 1YeoaS-0004Op-4u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:43:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37176 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YeoaR-00028I-EB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:43:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34931) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YeoZR-0000Vm-Ro for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:42:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YeoZR-0001kc-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:42:53 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49769) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YeoZQ-0001kS-V1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:42:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YeoZP-00085K-61; Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:42:51 -0400 In-reply-to: <55212DE9.8070806@math.ntnu.no> (message from Harald Hanche-Olsen on Sun, 05 Apr 2015 14:43:21 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:184946 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > I could make another repository each time I need to install something. > > But cvs was much more convenient. > The usual answer to this is to use development branches instead of > workin directly in the master branch. I think it was decided not to > recommend these for simple workflows, but I don't think it is that much > harder, and it is certainly easier than having separate repositories. The reason I am leaning towards making a repository each time I have a change to install is that it might --work-- to install changes if I do it with a new repository. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.