From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Basic Bazaar guide for Emacs hackers. Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:01:48 +0900 Message-ID: <87638sy5ab.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <87skbzblp5.fsf@telefonica.net> <87y6log42q.fsf@red-bean.com> <87y6lo8zgi.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259557098 3449 80.91.229.12 (30 Nov 2009 04:58:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 30 05:58:11 2009 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 1NEyKt-0007BM-87 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:58:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43579 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NEyKs-0004Q7-RR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:58:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NEyJT-0003od-1h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:56:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NEyJO-0003mQ-AC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:56:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55805 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NEyJO-0003mL-18 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:56:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mtps02.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.224]:42401) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NEyJN-00079j-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:56:33 -0500 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mtps02.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD268216; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:56:29 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9101F1A290A; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:01:48 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: <87y6lo8zgi.fsf@telefonica.net> X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12-devo-585 under 21.5 (beta29) "garbanzo" 1444e28f1a3d XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:117949 Archived-At: =D3scar Fuentes writes: > Karl Fogel writes: > > The more options we offer, the more confused people will be. >=20 > ... unless each person finds the option adequate for him among the > available ones. The problem is that people just don't do that when faced with several options. They pick the best features of each and expect the application to provide all of them. Or they don't like something so they tweak it. Then they get confused. > I have no problem at all deleting the document if it damages the > transition to Bazaar. But so far, your reasons for doing it are not > convincing at all to me and just demonstrates a misunderstanding of the > demography of Emacs and their current VC practices. On the other hand, how many VCS transitions have you managed for Emacs-sized projects? I've done two so far. I can say from experience the cost of support is not polynomial in extra workflows during the transition.