From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric S. Raymond" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Another VC terminology change? Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:37:28 -0400 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20071015213728.GH11628@thyrsus.com> References: <20071011143005.GA18057@thyrsus.com> <20071011175016.GB8243@thyrsus.com> <87odf4ayop.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87bqb12w32.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1192487541 29410 80.91.229.12 (15 Oct 2007 22:32:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:32:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 16 00:32:11 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 1IhXcJ-0000mH-5x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:36:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IhXcC-0002DT-9J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:36:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IhXc8-0002Cf-MX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:36:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IhXc7-0002CE-34 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:36:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IhXc7-0002CB-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:36:39 -0400 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5] helo=snark) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IhXc3-00019B-Uf; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:36:36 -0400 Original-Received: by snark (Postfix, from userid 23) id 16B1B38032; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:37:28 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 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:80968 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier : > I think we don't want to restrict the term "file set" to the specific one > corresponding to filesets.el. Instead, we want to keep it as a fairly > abstract concept, with uses in filesets and VC and other packages > (project.el comes to mind although it doesn't refer to it explicitly). > > So, I'd distinguish between "file set" as the general concept, and "VC > fileset" and (filesets.el's) "Fileset" as specific instantiations. That is exactly my position. Well put, -- Eric S. Raymond