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: `about-emacs' - what about the revno? Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:08:54 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83occmlogo.fsf@gnu.org> <87tymcq9so.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283206183 12796 80.91.229.12 (30 Aug 2010 22:09:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 31 00:09:42 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OqCXr-0005yX-As for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:09:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53603 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OqCXl-0001oL-Bd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58021 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OqCXF-0001da-Bw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OqCXE-00050S-1p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:09:01 -0400 Original-Received: from impaqm1.telefonica.net ([213.4.138.1]:11313) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OqCXD-00050J-PM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:09:00 -0400 Original-Received: from IMPmailhost2.adm.correo ([10.20.102.39]) by IMPaqm1.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id 0fec1f00C0r0BT601m8xWk; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:08:57 +0200 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([88.7.11.192]) by IMPmailhost2.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id 0m8u1f00548cRdU1im8u7D; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:08:55 +0200 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-TE-authinfo: authemail="monnier$movistar.es" |auth_email="monnier@movistar.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitnetc01" Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6130E660DF; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:08:54 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87tymcq9so.fsf@telefonica.net> (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22=D3scar?= Fuentes"'s message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:39:51 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:129460 Archived-At: >> Maybe we should try and provide the revno of the common ancestor on >> the trunk. > That information only makes sense for mirrors of trunk. > The revision-id is the real info. The revision-id from a local branch only exists in that local branch, so it's useless to anybody else than the owner. I.e. it's not "the real info" we need. Stefan