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bug#694: marked as done (23.0.60; wrong behaviour of
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Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#694: marked as done (23.0.60; wrong behaviour of |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:02:21 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
>>> I believe vc-workfile-unchanged-p and if the two timestamsps are the
>>> same, it can conclude that the file is unchanged, but if the
>>> timestamps are different, it should call the backend specific
>>> workfile-unchanged-p function.
>>
>> For CVS if the user requested to `stay-local', this is not quite right
>> either since it will connect to the server. Admittedly, there's no way
>> to get the right answer without connecting to the server, but this
>> behavior has been with us for years and I usually consider it a feature
>> (most/all the CVS servers I use are usually remote/slow/unreachable, so
>> it's important to have control over when VC contacts the server and when
>> it doesn't).
> Should I revert the patch then?
I'm not sure, but I'd tend to think so, yes.
Stefan