From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: patch for documentation about version control Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:32:41 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87vfce289d.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100036039 31082 80.91.229.6 (9 Nov 2004 21:33:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:33:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alex Ott , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 09 22:33:47 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CRdcZ-0008E5-00 for ; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 22:33:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CRdkz-0001qQ-D8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:42:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CRdkr-0001qL-Gj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:42:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CRdkq-0001py-Sd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:42:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CRdkq-0001pv-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:42:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CRdba-00040l-8s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:32:46 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0737A8282A7; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:32:46 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF0E44AC940; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:32:43 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7C2AE8CA69; Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:32:41 -0500 (EST) Original-To: kfogel@red-bean.com In-Reply-To: <87vfce289d.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> (Karl Fogel's message of "09 Nov 2004 12:21:34 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=0, requis 5) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29673 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29673 > Minor nit: from this sentence > "The GNU project recommends RCS, CVS, and GNU Arch which are > free software...", > some readers could mistakenly infer that the other systems are *not* > free software. And because of that lead-in, the next sentence about a > free replacement for SCCS only strengthens the misimpression. > Since Subversion and Meta-CVS are both free software, could this > paragraph be tweaked? Here's one possible rewording: > The Emacs version control interface is called VC. Its commands work > with different version control systems---RCS, CVS, SCCS, Meta-CVS, GNU > Arch and Subversion. The GNU project recommends and distributes > RCS, CVS, and GNU Arch. We also have free software to replace > SCCS, known as CSSC; if you are using SCCS and don't want to make > the incompatible change to RCS or CVS, you can switch to CSSC. Agreed, Stefan