From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "V.Rao" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: TODO [was Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team] Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:09:39 -0500 Message-ID: References: <5E2DA7EF-D0F1-4B0C-A3DC-F0B64FE2FE00@gmail.com> <13170DB6-B7A1-4843-AAF5-AB68B65D2331@gmail.com> <18370.18434.78349.822958@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200802261813.m1QIDEku015891@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: mail.vjrao@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204250906 483 80.91.229.12 (29 Feb 2008 02:08:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:08:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , "rms@gnu.org" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Dan Nicolaescu" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 29 03:08:50 2008 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 1JUug2-0007Hc-AL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:08:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUufV-0005L0-TE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:08:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUmIo-0008HL-GI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:12:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JUmIl-0008E9-Ke for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:12:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JUmIl-0008Dp-FE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:12:11 -0500 Original-Received: from n3.bullet.mail.re3.yahoo.com ([68.142.237.110]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JUmIk-000624-MD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:12:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [68.142.237.90] by n3.bullet.mail.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Feb 2008 09:07:46 -0000 Original-Received: from [216.252.110.140] by t6.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Feb 2008 17:11:24 -0000 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp210.mail.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Feb 2008 17:11:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 570395.13978.bm@omp210.mail.re3.yahoo.com Original-Received: (qmail 28688 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2008 17:09:41 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Date:To:Subject:Reply-To:From:Cc:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:User-Agent; b=R64Ba+OcYq4u3E+9Wz2LuPR5wWPc4+rOy2pc30+nJv/rBpQg6tx3x8VhJtPf3QTlz5vFpCRs7LdgtXoNzdDGiCXnc+7U4NSBdG+yIcNzCUIpvlj+7n6NK/Yu18C3YHEfDdb0v9EtiHsu8oqzAcIvupJJDkL1SBneZWTD/Rw4Kqo= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO v-rao.adm.aamc.org) (mailvrao@143.220.15.2 with login) by smtp104.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Feb 2008 17:09:40 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 In-Reply-To: <200802261813.m1QIDEku015891@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.50 (Win32) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:07:07 -0500 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:90811 Archived-At: Regarding the copyright assignment, I have seen some samples. Is there a template that could be provided to me - that I would review a= nd = sign? (I was reading http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/index.html). thanks. On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:13:13 -0500, Dan Nicolaescu = wrote: > "V.Rao" writes: > > > Please let me know if anyone is already working on one of these = > tasks. > > > > ** make emacsclient accept -nw as a synonym to -t. > > > > ** Replace some uses of the preprocessor code in Makefile.in with = the > > equivalent autoconf. > > > > ** Make "emacs --daemon" start emacs without showing any frame. > > Use emacsclient later to open frames. > > AFAIK nobody has publicly announced that is working on any of these. > > Do you have a copyright assignment on file? If not, it would make sen= se > to get started on that as soon as possible, so that it is ready by the= > time you finish writing the code. > > > > ** Make vc-checkin avoid reverting the buffer if has not changed = > after > > the checkin. Comparing (md5 BUFFER) to (md5 FILE) should be = > enough. > > I have a patch for this one. > > But it needs a few more eyes on it from people that know the code > involved very well to make sure it is correct and the right thing to d= o. > The patch itself is not too complicated. > > --- vc.el 10 Oct 2007 10:34:53 -0700 1.464 > +++ vc.el 11 Oct 2007 12:18:02 -0700 > @@ -1328,7 +1327,19 @@ > (save-excursion > ;; t means don't call normal-mode; > ;; that's to preserve various minor modes. > - (revert-buffer arg no-confirm t)) > + (if (string=3D > + (with-temp-buffer > + ;; Insert the file on disk in a temporary buffer and = > compute the md5 there. > + (let ((coding-system-for-read 'binary)) > + (insert-file-contents file) > + (md5 (current-buffer)))) > + (md5 (current-buffer))) ;; md5 for the current buffer > + (let ((writable (file-writable-p (buffer-file-name)))) ;; Tr= y = > to set the read-only state. > + (unless (eq buffer-read-only writable) > + (setq buffer-read-only writable)) > + (message "not reverting")) > + (message "reverting :-(") > + (revert-buffer arg no-confirm t))) > (vc-restore-buffer-context context))) > (defun vc-buffer-sync (&optional not-urgent)