From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: mail@justinbogner.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Option to customize the -m message flag of cvs? Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:32:47 -0700 Message-ID: <87d4f0njzk.fsf@justinbogner.com> References: <49590470.4080306@gmx.at> <49593E94.4030501@gmx.at> <4959CD22.7090306@gmx.at> <495B381F.3010101@gmx.at> <49633914.7060604@gmx.at> <200901061608.n06G8V4j001426@mothra.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1231281222 5673 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2009 22:33:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:33:42 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 06 23:34:54 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 1LKKVg-0002k0-4P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:34:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46845 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKKUQ-0002Qn-IZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKKTq-0002F6-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LKKTq-0002Em-6U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56303 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LKKTq-0002Ei-25 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:58 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:58206 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LKKTp-0001x6-Gr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:32:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LKKTo-0004SU-As for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:32:56 +0000 Original-Received: from s010600131023ed49.ed.shawcable.net ([68.149.184.55]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:32:56 +0000 Original-Received: from mail by s010600131023ed49.ed.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:32:56 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 20 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s010600131023ed49.ed.shawcable.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tI1fKW+lr8EzSbllJ/u8cXjNJ0s= 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:107671 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > martin rudalics writes: > > > >> Does `vc-dir' work for you? > > > > > > I don't use it. > > > > Apparently only Juanma and me are presently using `vc-dir' on Windows. > > So if there are no objections I'd like to apply the attached patch. > > I'd like to strongly object to this type of change. > > The same goal can be accomplished by using a wrapper script for the cvs > command that changes -m to -M, or by changing the CVSNT sources not to > do this. +1. CVSNT's decision to add advertising to -m is obnoxious, working around it will only encourage them to add more silly annoyances. This should be fixed on the CVSNT side (either by compiling your own version or pleading with the developers)