From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master has switched from Automake to GNU Make Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:04:25 -0400 Message-ID: References: <58CB9F6B.5080806@gmx.at> <83h92sz2j9.fsf@gnu.org> <58CBAEB7.5030601@gmx.at> <58CBBC6C.8000104@gmx.at> <58D380FF.1070103@gmx.at> <58D3C84E.5080808@gmx.at> <58D4E0D6.2070101@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1490357110 2759 195.159.176.226 (24 Mar 2017 12:05:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:05:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 24 13:05:03 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crNxf-0007h6-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:04:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32917 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crNxl-0001mE-NT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:05:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47091) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crNxf-0001lw-4k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:04:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crNxb-0000KI-OO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:04:55 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:27962) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1crNxb-0000KA-L2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:04:51 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0BXDgAQC9VY/4TeSC1dHAEBBAEBCgEBg1SKWIV4kFspAZcthhwEAgKDIUQUAQIBAQEBAQEBayiFFgEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kihIIq3KKRAEBCAImiz2KOQEEnFmULwGIZoZlk2U2IYEEJBYILIc1JIojAQEB X-IPAS-Result: A0BXDgAQC9VY/4TeSC1dHAEBBAEBCgEBg1SKWIV4kFspAZcthhwEAgKDIUQUAQIBAQEBAQEBayiFFgEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kihIIq3KKRAEBCAImiz2KOQEEnFmULwGIZoZlk2U2IYEEJBYILIc1JIojAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,214,1486443600"; d="scan'208";a="296538044" Original-Received: from 45-72-222-132.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([45.72.222.132]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 24 Mar 2017 08:04:25 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BE7C262D29; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:04:25 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <58D4E0D6.2070101@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:03:18 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:213289 Archived-At: > Isn't one of the primary purposes of a branch (besides of sharing) to > record the historically accurate picture of how its authors arrived at > the present state? AFAIK the primary purpose of branches to allow the two codes to evolve independently. Stefan