From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: autorevert and vc Date: 31 Mar 2004 02:19:10 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200403290352.i2T3qTP07266@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200403301517.i2UFHa613876@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <1080679906.29733.143.camel@localhost> <200403310202.i2V22BT17108@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1080717702 8625 80.91.224.253 (31 Mar 2004 07:21:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: spiegel@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 31 09:21:33 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B8a2X-0005HA-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:21:33 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B8a2X-0002BU-00 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:21:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B8a1g-0005eJ-0M for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:20:40 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B8a12-0005YA-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:20:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B8a0H-00050V-CT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:19:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [206.47.199.164] (helo=simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B8a0H-00050J-2c; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:19:13 -0500 Original-Received: from empanada.local ([67.71.27.165]) by simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20040331071912.PFNG8424.simmts6-srv.bellnexxia.net@empanada.local>; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:19:12 -0500 Original-Received: by empanada.local (Postfix, from userid 502) id 153D914BA0B; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:19:11 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200403310202.i2V22BT17108@raven.dms.auburn.edu> Original-Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:21119 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:21119 > In that case, the suggested test would be meaningless for the current > six members of `vc-handled-backends'. Indeed Arch is the _only_ one > of the six without a state-heuristic function, as determined by > `vc-find-backend-function'. What if I just commit my patch as is and > then we can always add improvements later? Agreed. > One alternative is provided by the diff below, but I do not know > whether the added flexibility would be worth the corresponding added > complexity. Indeed, I don't think it's worth it. Stefan