From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: ChangeLog to *VC-log* (was: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?) Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 20:21:03 +0100 Message-ID: <87si00srmo.fsf_-_@gmx.net> References: <56BE7E37.3090708@cs.ucla.edu> <4hd1rw1ubr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83vb50wxhv.fsf@gnu.org> <87y49vz4cg.fsf@acer.localhost.com> <20160306220502.GA23154@thyrsus.com> <8760wx442f.fsf@mat.ucm.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457464908 486 80.91.229.3 (8 Mar 2016 19:21:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 19:21:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 08 20:21:33 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 1adNCD-0007GE-5x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 20:21:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36805 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adNCC-000459-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:21:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40895) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adNBy-00044v-LQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:21:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adNBt-0000RG-MA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:21:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:51125) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adNBt-0000R5-Ci for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:21:09 -0500 Original-Received: from rosalinde ([89.245.82.1]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LuJDv-1ZtcO62p4p-011mma; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 20:21:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 08 Mar 2016 09:43:55 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:r/oEKnzh7DjSj46Fy9LNIsJxD78l4kg+2yXtZrx0vG7sfXXANpF MLRHuB8oR9CaX+MWZR53uWSUYg6mPjXkmm8hrTIVzo2uq2TUU0jzE9+XBkNG70acu7ApN8m ilon7X5xcMQImj5pSkX3IgVlmDPYEUO/DLxbdcf66Jnno3hZAYf25d2HhVtZKPaVS0SYpwj ozrx/HKjTxcJVxUMa+AHw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:BZNPJHVfkGw=:Pb3bO7FwPSUejDLF9Yz2Gl sykdQ5XTWjxnCPcQ2AN6F4oK6OBx91PVwS2htlphkNlg4tixHTTLs0YKYe/Z83f+n8HpYwhH0 PLhKYnSxNdY7W4cBvmNWrV+8bXVpQe2f3N6KBYUTTJxk1Et1O/dAXEhnh6NzBbLHeXBE6fozM 6ztjJFQI1i8Gtt1HWasLVfz5L1RKI5oxsvhE/Ym9o5Vu1LdOf4BFM1iZYK0L5gnMSZ95h92lS EogSj+SiOPCypZ4/g0o+l1JeegXj6A/d5YN2NLUKc6b/ccKZqmBkX44ey/kNGhu0u1rgmRJjZ nFt5bF7+qOe7G7EmLhYIqvg20Uwo9Cvceym90hWIMKKhPuABCaPCMeqmHNmrNH+itY2reARNm S95biuINhsxorbCOyg5vog/Gouu8NjzsYgTryovU+oGSE4m2AnxWEFRhW6I+cK0I05m2femLC T7+s5hyvdlJpguhmAq3/DtedXm6LI4NWSlXqFxFbfKrfGzO0zI37MpYiWbvJEH5Ot+zBMxMt0 gvskK5enXrIofgaRmM9zhCsk+QUPA3yvBZrslkTKx1aniY1+HdA+CfSOL72ZpcU0ix+N3goWe X4r7MC32gNzeLgt4eaaXAFtKBnyG7BMS0vm+JF3RM2E/QIQL0xb2g0dJPmkFeMC+jDjrWBLJd DltUKY/Ovg5DDNSvxm/GNfPwJGOhZBUC2rxS3m14PzYpUMCdRegHhPkrXCCZlMKZnt5DIK1P6 UyXHBgni56b22YbFfBcEr4Eob5lGoadUgQHzRa3q1Pg5OY5H+GSwoYZUNeUcSPcXcx/w4Pib X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.20 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:201194 Archived-At: On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 09:43:55 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: >> 2016-03-08 Uwe Brauer >> * gnus-init.el (gnus-user-format-function-G): > > For this reasons, I have an (untracked) ChangeLog file in all > my repositories. This way I can use C-x 4 a to write a ChangeLog entry > in the "good old way" and then VC will automatically copy that data into > the *VC-Log* buffer for me to commit it. This hasn't worked for me for some time, nor has `C-c C-a' in the *VC-Log* buffer (though it used to work). I just tried again: I edited lisp/calendar/todo-mode.el, wrote a ChangeLog entry with `C-x 4 a', typed `C-x v d' to get the VC-Dired buffer, typed v, got a *VC-Log* buffer with no ChangeLog entry, typed `C-c C-a', the *VC-Log* buffer remained empty. Same thing after saving the ChangeLog buffer and repeated the preceding steps. Same thing when running VC-dired in the Emacs source tree root. Same thing with emacs -Q. What am I doing wrong? Steve Berman