From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What are those .gitignore files doing in the CVS? Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:38:56 +0900 Message-ID: <87eiyddb73.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <877i46dy05.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87vdrpdeb7.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233791424 13114 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2009 23:50:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 23:50:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 05 00:51:38 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 1LUrWs-0006H6-01 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:51:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52361 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUrVY-0006PS-Vr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:50:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUrKj-0002Zi-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:39:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUrKf-0002YP-PP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:39:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35604 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUrKf-0002YH-IG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:39:01 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:56543) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUrKe-0005Gu-5q; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:39:00 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.175.8.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.175.8] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1LUrKb-0007kz-9D; Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:38:57 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9559FDFBB; Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:38:56 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:17:19 -0500") Original-Lines: 16 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:108762 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > So, as long as the mirror is only one-way I don't see a need for those > files to appear in the CVS. I certainly don't want to spend the time setting up a complicated infrastructure for 4 very small files; if somebody else does it, great, whatever. But until somebody _does_ do it, there's obviously a reason for those files to be in CVS. They are useful, and do not have a negative impact. -Miles -- Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.