bug#694: marked as done (23.0.60; wrong behaviour of

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>]

>>> I believe vc-workfile-unchanged-p and if the two timestamsps are the
>>> same, it can conclude that the file is unchanged, but if the
>>> timestamps are different, it should call the backend specific
>>> workfile-unchanged-p function.
>> 
>> For CVS if the user requested to `stay-local', this is not quite right
>> either since it will connect to the server.  Admittedly, there's no way
>> to get the right answer without connecting to the server, but this
>> behavior has been with us for years and I usually consider it a feature
>> (most/all the CVS servers I use are usually remote/slow/unreachable, so
>> it's important to have control over when VC contacts the server and when
>> it doesn't).

> Should I revert the patch then?

I'm not sure, but I'd tend to think so, yes.


        Stefan