From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should we restore manually maintained ChangeLogs Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:43:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87pov3nrnm.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <83lh5utbxb.fsf@gnu.org> <56DDD02A.20809@cs.ucla.edu> <83fuw2t2ue.fsf@gnu.org> <56DE0F6A.6010207@cs.ucla.edu> <83pov5rmt6.fsf@gnu.org> <56DFD78F.40205@cs.ucla.edu> <56E06093.7050509@cs.ucla.edu> <83twkfo7ij.fsf@gnu.org> <20160309181005.GF3948@acm.fritz.box> <87vb4vuu59.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457567072 28167 80.91.229.3 (9 Mar 2016 23:44:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 23:44:32 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 10 00:44:18 2016 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 1adnm5-0004RY-B3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:44:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45129 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnm4-0001ie-LB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:44:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47933) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnls-0001iI-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:44:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnlp-0000XP-B0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:44:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:45340) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnlp-0000XI-4C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:44:01 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qL93L5RBFz3hnGd for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:43:58 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3qL93L4d49zvhML for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:43:58 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5Y_KzkY7nz98 for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:43:57 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: 2EGO/KJ/FH3j0UpPsews9slWehZ+PbEXoShdoH+zm2Q3ovDhXGf1ci+Cb6q2Xmi+ Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-13-150.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.13.150]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:43:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4A4D62C41BC; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:43:57 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: I'm sitting on my SPEED QUEEN.. To me, it's ENJOYABLE.. I'm WARM.. I'm VIBRATORY.. In-Reply-To: <87vb4vuu59.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org> (Nikolaus Rath's message of "Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:08:18 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1 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:201340 Archived-At: Nikolaus Rath writes: > On Mar 09 2016, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> Maybe we should move to a version control system which permits commit >>> messages to be amended. (Only half joking.) >> >> These seem to be in rather short supply, sadly. Any suggestion? > > Mercurial with the "evolve" extension implements non-destructive history > editing. In short, commits can have metadata that marks them as > "superseding" a previous commit. Both superseded and new commit remain > part of the repository, but most commands be default work on the > superseding commit. Like git replace. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."