From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What a modern collaboration toolkit looks like Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20071230122217.3CA84830B9A@snark.thyrsus.com> <20071231130712.GB8641@thyrsus.com> <87y7b96az8.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87wsqsvdu6.fsf@member.fsf.org> <864pdvgidv.fsf@cpan.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199455025 15246 80.91.229.12 (4 Jan 2008 13:57:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:57:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tassilo Horn , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: avar@cpan.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0?= Bjarmason) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 04 14:57:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JAn32-0006SQ-1d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:57:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAn2f-0003QZ-WC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAn2c-0003QO-Uf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAn2b-0003Q4-7D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAn2b-0003Q0-3Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:53 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAn2X-0005NW-C1; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:49 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAHLKfUfO+K+E/2dsb2JhbACrOg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,245,1196658000"; d="scan'208";a="12273782" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 04 Jan 2008 08:56:48 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.175.132]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id KOI67147; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:47 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 49E9F7F7C; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:56:46 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <864pdvgidv.fsf@cpan.org> (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22=C6var_Arnfj=F6r?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=F0?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:15:24 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:86066 Archived-At: >> The feature of local branches does sound useful. >> >> I don't see the difference between pulling from somebody (after a >> review) and applying the patches attached to a mail. >> >> Is it possible to "pull from somebody" when his machine >> is not on line? > Yes, if that person placed (pushed) his changes somewhere before going > offline. This could have been been done by sending a patchset generated > by git-format-patch to a mailing list, by pushing to a repository that > acts as a mirror (repo.or.cz hosts such a service) to name two > possibilities. It is worth noting also that the repository acting as a mirror can just as well be the main repository: his push just adds a branch and does not affect the "trunk". Stefan