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: State of VC? Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:52 -0500 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20080217230952.GA2077@thyrsus.com> 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> <200802171816.m1HIGmZr015446@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> 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 1203289793 24160 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 23:09:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , "Eric S. Raymond" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 18 00:10:17 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 1JQseG-0002C9-8Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:10:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQsdl-0007iB-HS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQsdf-0007gN-HT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQsde-0007fn-3X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQsdd-0007fk-UA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:37 -0500 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5] helo=snark.thyrsus.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQsdd-0001fQ-MV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:37 -0500 Original-Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 23) id 83E9F83069F; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:09:52 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200802171816.m1HIGmZr015446@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> 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, 3) 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:89412 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu : > "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. Sorry, I've been heads-down on another project. Actually it's Battle For Wesnoth, the one I've held up as a tool-use model here. We're heading towards a major stable 1.4 release and, as I'm one of the core devs, this involves a huge amount of work. I'll get back to working on VC probably around the first week of March, possibly earlier. In the meantime, anybody who wants to take the initiative on moving VC to use vc-status sooner has my approval and encouragement to do it. -- Eric S. Raymond