From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bazaar Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:27 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87iqfhctv0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874or1b8a1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1253226779 3140 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2009 22:32:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 18 00:32:48 2009 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 1MoPWw-0007dA-Gq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47394 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPWv-00069F-Qv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPWo-000677-UI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPWk-000637-2Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46119 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MoPWj-00062z-Rr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:44984) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MoPWj-0002qo-6y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail01.m-online.net (mail.m-online.net [192.168.3.149]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE6C51C001FB; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4289790210; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.3.149]) by localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pfOGqT3joPvj; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:33:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (DSL01.83.171.154.49.ip-pool.NEFkom.net [83.171.154.49]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:28 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8909610D990; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:32:27 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I've got a COUSIN who works in the GARMENT DISTRICT... In-Reply-To: <874or1b8a1.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:55:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:115440 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > Would it make much of a difference if we omit some of those old CVS > branches from the conversion (if that's even possible)? I presume no > one is going to go rooting around the "amigados-merge" branch from 1996. This is not a branch, but a tag. A properly converted repository would only have 40 branches. > Even things like the rmail-mbox branch and the emacs-unicode branch > could probably be discarded. I don't agree. We should not carelessly discard history. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."