From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [gmane.emacs.devel] Tramp with global-auto-revert-mode. Date: 28 May 2004 17:07:28 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <86y8ngbx1e.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> <200405270253.i4R2rxf23193@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 1085764697 336 80.91.224.253 (28 May 2004 17:18:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:18:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kai@emptydomain.de, Luc Teirlinck , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri May 28 19:17:45 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 1BTkzJ-00087h-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 19:17:45 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BTkzJ-0004nL-00 for ; Fri, 28 May 2004 19:17:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BTkky-0001zg-U4 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 13:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BTkCq-0006fE-OK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 12:27:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.34) id 1BTjWq-0007mt-Qr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:44:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.88.64.25] (helo=mail-relay.sonofon.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BTixA-0000n5-SW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 28 May 2004 11:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 57000 invoked from network); 28 May 2004 15:07:23 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk) (213.83.150.2) by 0 with SMTP; 28 May 2004 15:07:23 -0000 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 22 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:24086 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:24086 Stefan Monnier writes: > >> What if we, for the time being, completely disable auto-reverting of > >> remote files? Currently it apparently _even_ gives problems for > >> people with fast connections. Once Tramp can better deal with > >> reentrant (or recursive, whatever one wants to call it) calls, we can > >> introduce a user option to dis/en-able auto-reverting of remote files. > > > Yes, that's the "trivial fix" we should use for 21.4. > > Indeed, it's probably a good thing to do independently from > any other problem. But I find it important that we fix the bugs > revealed by such a setup before we change the default. I think we have a pretty good understanding of what the problems are in this case: GC problems have been fixed, so it remains to fix that tramp is not reentrant. So it is "safe" to change the default (and it has already been done). -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk