From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xue Fuqiao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: changes in r112843 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 07:13:33 +0800 Message-ID: References: <8bvc5tlqpa.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87hahchm2a.fsf@zigzag.favinet> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370474031 31225 80.91.229.3 (5 Jun 2013 23:13:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 23:13:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 06 01:13:52 2013 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 1UkMts-00085e-9u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:13:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37031 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkMtr-0006ES-OA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:13:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54701) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkMtk-0006EK-KS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:13:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkMtg-00037n-14 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:13:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234]:53227) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkMta-00037C-Fi; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:13:34 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id f4so394059iea.39 for ; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=YdunNTBvr6lcrKRJjEvDoQ0lv4cF6+1CyCSWa46oP9s=; b=ugaZltD+B12/fpriuohJytRwc/OqtO2dvTrsGSXefzbsmsrqMsFGqa84mxyDgLt4qE shjLGP1/+iSZKxkla+t6svDb6h0U1yLRdvZYKaXJXJ2isQHQmneSDLRk5o8WUMKKVg93 zdAifIYrC4Hz3K+EbMMDZO9Tx/OE3yTNKhJcz4FHBuc/jdPoIL1zN6XBtoyNLb+C7FMW FqscdqjPcB7oLhNfLs4emscB6m4DOzUOHi1Tnqi2tXfp5cCYVL8gcyS7x6F+EVzuKKnM jcDETLtd8xI7yNKQ+8BLvnbzDXb9aLhlbdJvJEEWlwVvFbv0qLD5+ZQsO76KQD/Vd3YW PuFQ== X-Received: by 10.50.97.74 with SMTP id dy10mr4357341igb.3.1370474013653; Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.42.121.138 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87hahchm2a.fsf@zigzag.favinet> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::234 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:160151 Archived-At: On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > () Xue Fuqiao > () Wed, 5 Jun 2013 07:12:24 +0800 > > Remove the (both versions) motivation of branching. > > I think most who read this part of the manual will already have > notions of branching as they pertain to their favorite VCS. > Probably what they seek (what we should provide here) is the > assurance that Emacs can be congruent to that particular model, > amongst others. > > IOW, in "branch on a tree" the key word in this context is "on". 1+ > How about removing motivation and adding in its place text that > qualifies "independent lines" w/ the notion of a (possibly) shared > base (point of intersection) for these lines? I say "possibly" > because VCS support for multiple roots (full independence) is not > universal, and anyway in practice full independence is almost > entirely undesirable. Looks good. Would you like to send a patch here (or install it yourself if you think it's appropriate)? I'm not confident in my phrasing. -- Best regards, Xue Fuqiao. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/