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: Git mirror - bidrectional Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:29:08 +0900 Message-ID: <87r5pt7fej.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <877hs6bavz.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <2ACCA862-B70E-4D57-AF88-B36E6DF62FE1@gmail.com> <201001131928.o0DJSi6m006886@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> 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 1263426225 24163 80.91.229.12 (13 Jan 2010 23:43:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:43:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Reitter , Andreas Schwab , "emacs-devel@gnu.org discussions" To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 00:43:37 2010 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 1NVCsD-0002Zw-7u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:43:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55925 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCsD-0005Kz-V4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:43:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCeU-0001o3-Ap for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:29:26 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCeO-0001n6-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:29:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46319 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVCeO-0001n2-Ec for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:29:20 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:51992) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVCeI-0001sf-An; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:29:14 -0500 Original-Received: from 218.231.177.74.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.177.74] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1NVCeD-00035K-0F; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:29:09 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 209C6DF73; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:29:08 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <201001131928.o0DJSi6m006886@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:28:44 -0800 (PST)") Original-Lines: 19 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:119941 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > If bzr is not satisfactory for some reason, then please open a > discussion with arguments about replacing it, not just add yet more > noise about a different way of checking things in. Bzr was chosen for political reasons, and it's been very clear for a long time that technical arguments against it would be ignored unless it proved _completely_ unusable. That has not happened, however clunky it may be. So absent the possibility of any change, people have to work around the annoyance as best they can, and that is what is being discussed. It's sad that it comes down this, but that's life.... -Miles -- Freebooter, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.