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: RCS: (vc-next-action 1) only New Backend Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:14:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87mvwjohyi.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <876136lr83.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83y4g2pxh3.fsf@gnu.org> <871tdulodu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83twqqpu91.fsf@gnu.org> <55FD87DE.3030506@yandex.ru> <83pp1epb17.fsf@gnu.org> <55FD9E4D.8080909@yandex.ru> <83lhc2pae8.fsf@gnu.org> <55FDBB3B.1070706@yandex.ru> <878u82ru1j.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <83h9mppqqn.fsf@gnu.org> <55FEB04C.4090205@yandex.ru> <83a8shp2n3.fsf@gnu.org> <8337y9ow3v.fsf@gnu.org> <831tdtovv3.fsf@gnu.org> <83wpvkop4r.fsf@gnu.org> <87mvwgfifc.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442841311 16070 80.91.229.3 (21 Sep 2015 13:15:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:15:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 21 15:15:00 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 1Ze0vn-0002dB-Ia for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:14:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58349 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ze0vn-0003as-45 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ze0vj-0003Zg-7y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:14:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ze0vi-0002L0-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:14:51 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:55735) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ze0vc-0002GL-MS; Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:14:44 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0A2FgA731xV/2yixEVcgxCEAoVVwwsEAgKBPDwRAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwFWIxALDiYSFBgNJIg3CM8jAQEBAQYCAR+LOoQsWQeELQWzP4FFI2GBBYIuIoE0gUQBAQE X-IPAS-Result: A0A2FgA731xV/2yixEVcgxCEAoVVwwsEAgKBPDwRAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwFWIxALDiYSFBgNJIg3CM8jAQEBAQYCAR+LOoQsWQeELQWzP4FFI2GBBYIuIoE0gUQBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="165429556" Original-Received: from 69-196-162-108.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.162.108]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 21 Sep 2015 09:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D9DAC627AF; Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:14:43 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87mvwgfifc.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:30:31 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (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:190190 Archived-At: >>> Once again, specifying a revision at check-in time is not limited to >>> RCS, it is also supported by CVS and SCCS. >> Never heard of it used for CVS (and can't find mention of it in "cvs >> commit --help"). > Where is the point in version numbers x.y if you are unable to ever > change x? AFAIK in the case of CVS, it's just baggage inherited from RCS. So indeed, AFAIK there is no point in the leading "1." in CVS revision numbers. Stefan