From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Out-of-control backups!
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 08:20:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d2bv1y2k.fsf@thinkpad-t440p.tsdh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ppfwfmjj.fsf@debian.uxu> (Emanuel Berg's message of "Tue, 19 Aug 2014 18:53:52 +0200")
Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:
>> More seriously, yes configs in a VCS is a good idea
>> but as yet very emergent; not at all 'standard
>> practice'
>
> It may be a lousy idea as well to bring in all that
> bulky overhead. It is just a bunch of files. Your whole
> system is a bunch of files. Why don't we VCS that as
> well and be done with it? So we can spend our lives
> fiddling with overhead, "management" software and draw
> UML boxes on whiteboards and have meetings so we never
> have to actually write that scary code?
Well, config files (especially the allmighty ~/.emacs and ~/.gnus.el)
might be worth the extra management effort. At least I don't want to
lose them when my harddrive passes away.
Of course, you could make backups (to external drives). But as far as
I'm concerned, I know I won't do that regularly if at all.
Bye,
Tassilo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-20 6:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-11 12:26 Out-of-control backups! Sharon Kimble
2014-08-11 12:47 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.6967.1407761447.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-19 3:17 ` Hans BKK
2014-08-19 3:33 ` Rusi
2014-08-19 16:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2014-08-20 6:20 ` Tassilo Horn [this message]
2014-08-20 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-20 15:11 ` Tassilo Horn
2014-08-20 16:41 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.7267.1408515668.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-08-20 17:34 ` Emanuel Berg
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