From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: source repository Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:43:18 +0300 Message-ID: References: <200707031442.28402.pogonyshev@gmx.net> <468A3997.2040500@f2s.com> <200707031514.17225.pogonyshev@gmx.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1183491813 31645 80.91.229.12 (3 Jul 2007 19:43:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 19:43:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Pogonyshev Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 03 21:43:31 2007 connect(): Connection refused 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 1I5oHY-0005fJ-J4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:43:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5oHY-0005ZS-3W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:43:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I5oHT-0005ZC-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:43:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I5oHQ-0005WS-9W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:43:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I5oHQ-0005Vx-4a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:43:20 -0400 Original-Received: from heller.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.23]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I5oHP-0007Xn-La for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:43:19 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-242-254.inter.net.il [84.228.242.254]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id CZI24331 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:43:17 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <200707031514.17225.pogonyshev@gmx.net> (message from Paul Pogonyshev on Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:14:16 +0300) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:74250 Archived-At: > From: Paul Pogonyshev > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:14:16 +0300 > Cc: Jason Rumney > > > You understood incorrectly. Some developers use arch, but the definitive > > repository for Emacs is CVS. Since Miles is away at the moment, the arch > > synching is not happening. I'm not sure why savannah lists arch above > > cvs (probably it is alphabetical order), but it is misleading - there > > should be some indication there that the main repository is CVS. > > Oh. A pity Emacs still uses so old system. Why should we care how old it is, if it suits our needs? We are not exactly spoiled by abundance of free resources to invest effort in jobs that are ``nice to have''. Just think how many man-hours will be wasted if every Emacs developer and contributor will have to install, learn, and set up an unfamiliar configuration management package.