From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Apologia for bzr Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:52:42 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87fvp6bdd9.fsf_-_@ktab.red-bean.com> <83wqiixqbb.fsf@gnu.org> <20140102172804.GB13245@thyrsus.com> <83vby2xo6x.fsf@gnu.org> <20140102183432.GB13506@thyrsus.com> <83sit6xgfg.fsf@gnu.org> <8761q18kni.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.org> <838uuxxsxu.fsf@gnu.org> <20140103174534.GC17261@thyrsus.com> <8761q1x82k.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> <87txdlgcvq.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> <87r48pvsdo.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388778776 11087 80.91.229.3 (3 Jan 2014 19:52:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 19:52:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Karl Fogel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 03 20:53:03 2014 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 1VzAnn-0005LJ-0B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:53:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51558 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzAnm-0004Mp-Ks for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36980) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzAnc-0004LX-2x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:52:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzAnT-0002az-Uh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:62839) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VzAnT-0002at-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:52:43 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rwsm/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgeBsEtkQoDiGGcGYFegxU X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rwsm/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgeBsEtkQoDiGGcGYFegxU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="43877848" Original-Received: from 184-175-11-38.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([184.175.11.38]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 03 Jan 2014 14:52:42 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B551460133; Fri, 3 Jan 2014 14:52:42 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87r48pvsdo.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> (Karl Fogel's message of "Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:21:07 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 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:167214 Archived-At: > I guess I really meant "If they switch to having a common branch history > with core Emacs, then merging and change porting gets a lot easier, As you know, there is no VCS tool out there that can actually handle such a thing. Two-way syncs between different branches is still an open problem. Stefan