From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ugliness in simple.el CVS log Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:22:32 +0300 Message-ID: References: <17964.14254.508886.277361@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17964.30085.167317.958498@farnswood.snap.net.nz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177320174 17461 80.91.229.12 (23 Apr 2007 09:22:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 23 11:22:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hfukv-0003dU-EY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:22:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuqI-0005md-WF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuqG-0005mW-GL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:28:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuqE-0005m8-NU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:28:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HfuqE-0005m5-Jq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:28:14 -0400 Original-Received: from romy.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.24]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hfukn-0006FW-PA; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:22:38 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-148-102.inter.net.il [80.230.148.102]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id HRE16292 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:22:34 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <17964.30085.167317.958498@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (message from Nick Roberts on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:59:49 +1200) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69844 Archived-At: > From: Nick Roberts > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:59:49 +1200 > Cc: miles@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > ??? How can CVS comments break or postpone the release? They don't > > affect any file that goes into the tarball. > > Not CVS comments but "cvs admin". The CVS manual says: > > admin options > ------------- > > ...Some even make it impossible to use CVS until > you undo the effect! > > Anything that requires admin (cvsadmin) privileges is usually pretty dangerous > but, in any case, the onus is on the person making the change to convince > others that it is safe ("I done this many times and never had a problem."), > rather than on me to prove it isn't. Please let's trust Miles that he knows his way with "cvs admin -m". He's one of the few project admins for a very good reason.