From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-status vs pcl-cvs Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:12:42 +1200 Message-ID: <18502.12890.517998.506464@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <4845BA20.3070804@gnu.org> <18502.728.743890.14466@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212560005 17920 80.91.229.12 (4 Jun 2008 06:13:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 06:13:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Sam Steingold , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 04 08:14:06 2008 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 1K3mG3-0008Tk-6d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:14:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55366 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3mFG-00063j-Eo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:13:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3mFB-00063S-6g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:13:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3mF9-000634-Ng for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:13:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55604 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3mF9-000631-Ft for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:13:07 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.25]:41881) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3mF3-0000d5-Ju; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:13:01 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (152.62.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.62.152]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E60173D823B; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:12:56 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 223ED8FC6D; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:12:46 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.2.50.2 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:98366 Archived-At: > > In that case, do you think [it was] premature to remove vc-directory which > > was better at doing some of the things vc-dir should do? > > AFAIK, it has the same "commit in foreground" and "no way to update the > whole direcrory" problem. VC-dir is missing some features, but which > ones (other than the obvious ones from dired which probably won't be > added to vc-dir anyway) were present in vc-dired? vc-dir always needs the repository (even when vc-stay-local is t), mouse-2 doesn't visit files, vc-dir isn't documented (but vc-directory is)... > > Stefan > > > PS: Has vc-dired been removed already? Yes: 2008-05-07 Eric S. Raymond * vc.el, vc-dispatcher.el: VC-Dired support removed. Sometimes removing a old feature might encourage people to use the new one but other times it might just make people use an old version of Emacs. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob