From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A project-files implementation for Git projects Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:31:07 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8736h9rdc4.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7bbjdwe.fsf@gnu.org> <87a7ba8uvx.fsf@gnu.org> <87pnk2zvvy.fsf@gnu.org> <87sgows6wy.fsf@gnu.org> <87ef0dy18z.fsf@gnu.org> <87impk675h.fsf@gnu.org> <874l13h30l.fsf@gnu.org> <7386ef98-c151-e1ce-23fa-11470a16f0d3@yandex.ru> <87h84x1zoa.fsf@gnu.org> <4be972f9-45a3-f2aa-f532-d7b8fbe054fd@yandex.ru> <395c23b6-77d7-cf72-10e2-eb72abac6919@yandex.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="50316"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 01 14:31:32 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHJS-000CyF-Co for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:31:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41404 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHJQ-0003fJ-Po for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:31:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44525) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHJA-0003bu-HC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:31:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHJ9-0003ck-Ld for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:31:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:34116) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFHJ9-0003c8-Ht for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:31:11 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CBE9284E46; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 08:31:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 5AF8A80B69; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 08:31:09 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1569933069; bh=SOSRv0K34memQnMD/wij/v+QQ1S1+/P4DFdUaFMtJ1w=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Y7zJUCrv8Ts+JHsw3eq55zLOR7X0xEfUsG0RW1ZF2XRwZ2LlFJzMAwhLQdCwCzCd1 6Bcegaa0jS9HQ50fXiSiP8Y2odheayis37bHuuHWJ4X/i5mnSs74qrJdHthoG8zj4K j9/D2K1OitssngoRxPSivhPfZSg+DijYNwejJuC5FU5piEE2/Pye2tJtSFGItOk2Uc jWOFE/+VzSHS/tbCDPPWTPyhPYpA8sLJIIKC8/lH2Jv2d4/svlhfzRWNN/LIC9Lyva jIkV2zJJ9tZvwwd+kYBYKUbURvV/0251Rw3w1LL+PlVRLYCMUKb9sTGjB6VVruiEDq LW8MiXEPGJENA== Original-Received: from pastel (107-179-151-143.cpe.teksavvy.com [107.179.151.143]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1F322120775; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 08:31:09 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <395c23b6-77d7-cf72-10e2-eb72abac6919@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Tue, 1 Oct 2019 11:19:00 +0300") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 132.204.25.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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:240438 Archived-At: >>> 1. Not having to worry about changing the API to accommodate future needs. >> I think we should feel free to change this "API" at will. > > So no worry about external VC backends? Like these ones: > > vc-darcs > vc-fossil > vc-hgcmd > vc-msg > vc-osc Exactly! (note: I'm not talking about the whole API, I'm talking about this "project files" part of the API). > Further, normally when somebody adds an implementation of a VC action for > some backend, it's a good thing, even if the implementation is > imperfect. Not so in this case. Good point, Stefan