From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giorgos Keramidas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: source repository Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:29:04 +0300 Message-ID: <20070717102903.GA6091@kobe.laptop> References: <200707031442.28402.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <468A3997.2040500@f2s.com> <200707031514.17225.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <87tzskyeuf.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20070716234100.GA23077@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184668523 28563 80.91.229.12 (17 Jul 2007 10:35:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Stephen J. Turnbull" , Paul Pogonyshev To: dhruva Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 17 12:35:21 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 1IAkOm-0005vU-Qc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:35:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IAkOm-0004fh-Bs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:35:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IAkOh-0004ee-KV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:35:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IAkOg-0004dj-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:35:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IAkOf-0004dZ-QX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from igloo.linux.gr ([62.1.205.36]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IAkOe-00089d-4k; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (vader.bytemobile.ondsl.gr [83.235.244.135]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id l6HATWWa009172 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:29:47 +0300 Original-Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6HATBVp006113; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:29:28 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Original-Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6HAT4PV006112; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:29:04 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.832, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.57, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:74973 Archived-At: On 2007-07-17 14:45, dhruva wrote: > Hello, > > On 7/17/07, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Mercurial support, on the other hand, is only in CVS 'HEAD' and it is > > being tested (by yours truly, among others). It has only been in the > > I guess even CVS support was in the same state _once upon a time_. > But, see it now. It is accepted by all (almost). We could atleast hope > for a similar turn of fate even for mercurial (or any other dSCM). > > > repository for a few weeks, and there may be still be some rough edges. > > That is only about the Emacs frontend to Mercurial (or any other > dSCM). Hope it does not reflect the underlying dSCM itself. Indeed, I was referring to the Emacs frontend to Mercurial/Hg---not to the dSCM itself. > Anyway, I personally feel that we could atleast have a 1 way mirror > (initially) to allow a sort of beta phase. If things workout in the > long run, make the big move. If not, we can continue the read-only > repo for access to some of us (firewall restrictions). One could argue > about "why" we cannot maintain our own mirror. This will suffer from > the update frequency. If it is done officially, the CVS hooks could > trigger the incremental mirroring. There is nothing that can stop people from `cloning' the existing Hg repository (read-only), and setting up their own inter-person collaboration :-)