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: TODO Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:08:48 +0900 Message-ID: <87r6ez6z1r.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <5E2DA7EF-D0F1-4B0C-A3DC-F0B64FE2FE00@gmail.com> <13170DB6-B7A1-4843-AAF5-AB68B65D2331@gmail.com> <18370.18434.78349.822958@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200802261813.m1QIDEku015891@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802261848.m1QImEag004425@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87zltn71uh.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200802262323.m1QNNd0P004463@sallyv1.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 1204070971 23946 80.91.229.12 (27 Feb 2008 00:09:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org, mail.vjrao@gmail.com, "rms@gnu.org" , Stefan Monnier To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 27 01:09:56 2008 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 1JU9rr-0002lJ-GU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:09:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU9rL-0003EN-48 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:09:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JU9rH-0003EG-Cu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:09:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JU9rE-0003E2-Qz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:09:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JU9rE-0003Dz-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:09:12 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JU9r7-00012E-Ae; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:09:05 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-013.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.13] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JU9qu-0004rj-5h; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:08:52 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1D6912FF7; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:08:49 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <200802262323.m1QNNd0P004463@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:23:39 -0800") Original-Lines: 23 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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:90550 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > > The goal is not to revert the buffer after a checkin. Right now files > > > are reverted by default after a checkin (because of the possibility that > > > keyword expansion can change the file?). > > > > Surely only backends like CVS that actually do keyword expansion revert > > the file, right....? > > No, the file is reverted anyway. AFAICT there's no way right now for a > vc backend to specify that it does not want to revert the file after > commit.... Looks like low-hanging fruit to me... :-) [Even backends that _do_ do keyword expansion might easily be able to detect whether it's really necessary or not for a particular commit, and indicate that to vc.] -Miles -- Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.