From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: State of VC? Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:16:47 -0800 Message-ID: <200802171816.m1HIGmZr015446@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <20080122164306.3B33C83045C@snark.thyrsus.com> <200801222207.m0MM7rlR014153@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200801231901.m0NJ10CP029274@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200801261921.m0QJLmx5011377@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <20080126220610.GA25619@thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203272414 2897 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 18:20:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:20:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , "Eric S. Raymond" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 19:20:37 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 1JQo7q-0000ZZ-IH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:20:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQo7L-00011p-VL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:20:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQo6T-0008Rs-Uo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:19:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQo6S-0008PN-Ap for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:19:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQo6R-0008On-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:19:03 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQo6R-0003Qn-EA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:19:03 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1203877010.26996@7CvIlUHp+4PIrMTckGSEGg Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1HIGmZr015446; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:16:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20080126220610.GA25619@thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:06:10 -0500") Original-Lines: 17 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:89374 Archived-At: "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > Dan Nicolaescu : > > But maybe first we should wait for ESR to post his plan/roadmap before > > doing any further changes. Hopefully this will happen soon ... > > Sorry about the delay; we're prepping for a release on another project > of mine at the moment. I should be able to get to this Tuesday or Wednesday. Any news about this? IMO the most pressing need right now is to move vc-status from it's state of limbo. Given how simple the vc-status code is, how easy it is to extend, and how long it took for fundamental problems in vc-dired to be fixed, it's quite easy to conclude that vc-status is the best way to go forward.