From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikolaus Rath Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Should we restore manually maintained ChangeLogs Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:08:18 -0800 Message-ID: <87vb4vuu59.fsf@thinkpad.rath.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> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457564923 27422 80.91.229.3 (9 Mar 2016 23:08:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 23:08:43 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 10 00:08:30 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 1adnDP-0000mH-Ml for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:08:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44998 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnDO-0007OW-Mn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:08:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32959) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnDL-0007OG-4g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnDH-0005s9-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:08:23 -0500 Original-Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:54736) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1adnDH-0005s2-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:08:19 -0500 Original-Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F63120BFB for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:08:19 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:08:19 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=UWo06A59vO0bCLN ubg2rpRpzU8A=; b=A4hffKBmSR7XhDOiShasAdYxTxm/brUghIVNJv5yZeBYGI5 mub3NpDGnrgcVnPsUIDdrqPdtV+VL14X4ONxihB2T2w02mEFZhlv8kMx2LMaE9xW r6/7hvSqbXKPMWOJ6HbD4mTnfdVdGdHB87xmxREX/x1Qj/RGBFVo/yX/i83k= X-Sasl-enc: bxqm7rxp1B0pDpXphD75HN8jzopnmH1fZnGSouLgfcwS 1457564899 Original-Received: from ebox.rath.org (ebox.rath.org [45.79.69.51]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1AE2568014B for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 18:08:19 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from thinkpad.rath.org (thinkpad [192.168.12.2]) by ebox.rath.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72B95210783 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 23:08:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: by thinkpad.rath.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 351C4C32DF; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 15:08:18 -0800 (PST) Mail-Copies-To: never Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 09 Mar 2016 14:09:53 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130014 (Ma Gnus v0.14) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.27 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:201334 Archived-At: 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. Best, -Nikolaus --=20 GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F =C2=BBTime flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.=C2= =AB