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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Post-merge issues in VC mode #1: terminology fixes
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:10:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvprzmfogz.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071010201540.D658738032@snark> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Wed\, 10 Oct 2007 16\:15\:40 -0400 \(EDT\)")

> The code and manual now use the term 'revision' consistently for 
> what we've been inconsistently calling a 'version' or 'revision', that

Thanks.

> I think the manual is going to need more work to reflect the fact that
> RCS-style x.y numbering is being superseded in newer VCs by integer 
> changeset IDs.

Actually, most systems don't use "an integer" either.  There's a lot of
variety out there.  But yes, NN.MM cannot be assumed.

> In general the VC portions of the manual need to be dragged into the
> 21st century; there is way too much focus on ancient VCSes and scant
> coverage of more modern ones.  I'll see what I can do.

Thanks again,


        Stefan

      reply	other threads:[~2007-10-11  1:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-10 20:15 Post-merge issues in VC mode #1: terminology fixes Eric S. Raymond
2007-10-11  1:10 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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