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: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:42:06 -0400 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20071019214206.GA710@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 1192830107 24681 80.91.229.12 (19 Oct 2007 21:41:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:41:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: juri@jurta.org, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 19 23:41:46 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 1IizbF-0008Tk-F4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:41:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iizb8-0002Ts-03 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:41:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iizau-0002Lx-0O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:41:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iizas-0002LM-Vh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:41:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iizas-0002LB-Gq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:41:22 -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 1Iizai-0001bu-SZ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:41:13 -0400 Original-Received: by snark (Postfix, from userid 23) id 944433807C; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:42:06 -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:81258 Archived-At: Richard Stallman : > In principle it could work to make "file set" a general term, if we > have two suitable specific terms for the two specific concepts used in > these two features. But that proposal has trouble in the details: > if we use the terms "VC fileset" and "fileset", it sounds like the > former is a special case of the latter. > > Can you modify it to solve the problem? That's easy. The real difference isn't between "used in VC" and elsewhere, it's in the lifetime and source of the fileset. A few additions to the manual can address this. -- Eric S. Raymond