From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Uwe Brauer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: patch against vc-rcs.el: vc-rcs-checkin: allows user login to be added Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:03:09 +0200 Message-ID: <87a8sxnv02.fsf@mat.ucm.es> References: <87d1xvv0m1.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87h9n6ufd2.fsf@mat.ucm.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441703042 25744 80.91.229.3 (8 Sep 2015 09:04:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 09:04:02 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 08 11:03:51 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZEoc-0005G2-QC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:03:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60862 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZEoc-0003VU-Gs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:03:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35530) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZEoN-0003VH-On for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:03:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZEoI-0005Zt-Qf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:03:31 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:60193) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZEoI-0005Zl-Jg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:03:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZEo7-0004lm-SD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:03:16 +0200 Original-Received: from gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es ([147.96.12.99]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:03:15 +0200 Original-Received: from oub by gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 11:03:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es Mail-Copies-To: never X-Hashcash: 1:20:150908:gmane.emacs.devel::5Z8mPPgSMvVuUGbk:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000TowE User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) XEmacs/21.5-b34 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uIwkNvvXa/LQ1kDsE84xVtjIu3I= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:189700 Archived-At: > That's right. > At first sight, it seems that > (log-edit-extract-headers '(("Author" . "-w")) > comment)))) After thinking about it, I admit I don't understand this logic. Git bzr, hg are server/client based with a common repository, in which case this command makes sense. But the situation I consider is entirely different. Maybe I have not explained this well enough. Suppose I have a latex file under RCS version control: newpublication.tex However I collaborate with someone, who does not use RCS, but sends me his modified version of this document. I want to check this in into the RCS, but specifying a different author. But the only way I see to do this, is to have a prompt asking for the new user. How otherwise could the RCS system guess the author? the file I checked in does not provide any information concerning the author whatsoever. I am puzzled.