From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, dak@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, rms@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RCS, again: another removed functionality: undo last-checkin
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:29:30 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <560D899A.4080805@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83si5u8oik.fsf@gnu.org>
On 10/01/2015 08:52 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I indeed think that features should rarely be removed, only added.
Then you must be prepared that at certain point the cost of improving
Emacs will be too much for anyone to do anything of significance to it.
> Yes, but different VCSes have different internal logic, so something
> might make sense with RCS, but not with Git, or vice versa. That's
> the crux of the problem we are discussing, I think, so the question is
> whether a feature must make sense for every back-end for it to be
> considered as sensible.
It may be decided on a case-by-case basis, but the question is rather
whether it *could* be decided at all. The exact criterion, "make sense
for at least a half of all backends", or "make sense in at least one of
the modern backends", is up for discussion.
> I disagree that this sacrifice is always possible, let
> alone desirable. Especially when the change in the workflow boils
> down to "do it from outside Emacs".
I still think it's just fine for rare operations. Even those performed
regularly, but at long-ish intervals.
> I think there's a better alternative: start a new front end, which
> will only support a subset of back-ends. Then the elders can
> peacefully continue using the old front-end, which will more or less
> stop being developed, only maintained whenever some of the
> infrastructure changes absolutely require that.
It's an option indeed, though one that requires a larger investment of
time (which we don't have a lot of to spare). And what if we make some
unfortunate decision WRT to features when creating the second front-end,
too? Wait a few years and create a third one?
It also assumes that the set of backend commands can be static without
incurring any cost. Whereas the most recent overhaul by ESR featured
some beneficial changes in it.
> Muscle memory is what stopping them. It's a powerful thing.
It's easier to change than a big codebase full of features one is
absolutely not allowed to break.
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Thread overview: 140+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-20 14:33 RCS, again: another removed functionality: undo last-checkin Uwe Brauer
2015-09-20 14:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-20 14:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-20 15:39 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-21 3:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-25 7:53 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-20 15:40 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-20 16:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-20 19:59 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-20 20:01 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-20 23:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-21 6:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 7:25 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 7:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 8:13 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 8:27 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 8:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 8:58 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 9:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 10:18 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 10:21 ` Bastian Beischer
2015-09-22 6:56 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-22 11:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-22 22:02 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-22 22:49 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-09-23 6:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-23 7:18 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-23 8:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-23 9:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-23 22:09 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-23 5:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-23 6:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-23 13:26 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-23 13:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-23 15:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-23 15:13 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-23 15:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-09-23 14:38 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-23 14:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-23 15:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-23 15:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-23 17:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-30 2:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-30 4:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-30 6:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-30 8:37 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-30 8:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-30 11:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-30 12:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-10-01 2:22 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-01 2:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 2:27 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-02 6:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 7:17 ` Andreas Schwab
2015-10-02 7:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-03 1:37 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-02 6:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-03 1:37 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-30 14:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 2:34 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 7:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 19:43 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 19:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 20:06 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 20:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 20:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
[not found] ` <83a8s28gun.fsf@gnu.org>
2015-10-01 21:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2015-10-01 21:04 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 21:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 6:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-02 6:41 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-30 12:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-10-02 2:27 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-02 2:27 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-02 2:24 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-02 3:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-10-02 7:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-02 12:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-10-02 13:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-02 14:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-02 14:54 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 14:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-02 15:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-10-02 16:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-30 6:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-30 11:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-30 14:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 2:47 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 7:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 12:54 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 13:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 17:36 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 17:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 19:29 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2015-10-01 19:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-01 20:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-01 23:55 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-02 0:07 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 6:16 ` Drew Adams
2015-10-02 2:27 ` Richard Stallman
2015-10-02 4:07 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-10-02 4:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-23 19:03 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-23 22:12 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-25 8:29 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-26 1:10 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-23 22:10 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-25 8:30 ` Uwe Brauer
2015-09-23 6:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 13:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-21 13:59 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 18:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-21 14:02 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-21 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 16:58 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-21 17:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 17:24 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-21 19:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-21 19:30 ` David Kastrup
2015-09-21 19:33 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-21 19:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-22 0:39 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-22 6:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-22 13:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-22 13:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-22 18:59 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-22 19:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-23 5:54 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-23 6:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-23 14:49 ` Dmitry Gutov
2015-09-23 22:08 ` Richard Stallman
2015-09-21 19:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-22 0:26 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2015-09-22 6:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-09-22 12:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-09-22 6:32 ` Steinar Bang
2015-09-20 17:09 ` Steinar Bang
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