emacs-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Post-merge issues in VC mode #1: terminology fixes


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Post-merge issues in VC mode #1: terminology fixes
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:10:16 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> The code and manual now use the term 'revision' consistently for 
> what we've been inconsistently calling a 'version' or 'revision', that

Thanks.

> I think the manual is going to need more work to reflect the fact that
> RCS-style x.y numbering is being superseded in newer VCs by integer 
> changeset IDs.

Actually, most systems don't use "an integer" either.  There's a lot of
variety out there.  But yes, NN.MM cannot be assumed.

> In general the VC portions of the manual need to be dragged into the
> 21st century; there is way too much focus on ancient VCSes and scant
> coverage of more modern ones.  I'll see what I can do.

Thanks again,


        Stefan




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]