From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-fossil to non-gnu elpa? Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:50:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="10408"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 05 15:53:05 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kwnhp-0002JS-Ku for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:53:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44578 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kwnho-0000nY-Ml for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:53:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kwnf2-0006jJ-Iv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:50:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:11494) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kwnex-0005Xs-AR; Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:50:11 -0500 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6FE0F8091E; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 09:50:04 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 2B34D80381; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 09:50:03 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1609858203; bh=lvSHcm0trRpDU8ZeivI3E+4GH2WZq2wcWNcKYV/AfJE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=NBCwVG3PT2wHiobrB46x4V8tNmloVUIwP9Sc1Edn2ZQFO/rH5h8+xtyi441wqBy95 4ggATS4B8UjdtE9yOdd0zeTN4vAZlHxzUzvPcAObVmldxXj9L8XUU+GDmAAvgWan0c u8wtni+sRvrAWFFQEBo8cipKGBud0xyeEYUIDhHDiAoi/rj2G7GuWDrm0Sc3eUsKc8 /kxkv7WZuJzpoqtTrifXa/4ys5EAWvN89wl1WDgy5ggjWC3EU2Sy0BwLNgRRcLGfm1 5/LIszIpIZ3GL+gm7RYAFhtYhcqV+gpiG1XmPh3OgtMS6Nvp7GxLYDvQlL65WF1gJY 3B15bs7jhMOiw== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [104.247.243.191]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DBE8712043F; Tue, 5 Jan 2021 09:50:02 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Tue, 05 Jan 2021 01:38:09 -0500") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:262521 Archived-At: > > That doesn't need to happen beforehand. > To postpone it is running a risk. Every choice entails a risk. This is a question of tradeoffs. When the probably of a conflict is low, optimistic concurrency is a *much* better choice than pessimistic concurrency. Stefan