Re: vc-status vs pcl-cvs

[Nick Roberts]

 > > In that case, do you think [it was] premature to remove vc-directory which
 > > was better at doing some of the things vc-dir should do?
 > 
 > AFAIK, it has the same "commit in foreground" and "no way to update the
 > whole direcrory" problem.  VC-dir is missing some features, but which
 > ones (other than the obvious ones from dired which probably won't be
 > added to vc-dir anyway) were present in vc-dired?

vc-dir always needs the repository (even when vc-stay-local is t), mouse-2
doesn't visit files, vc-dir isn't documented (but vc-directory is)...

 > 
 >         Stefan
 > 
 > 
 > PS: Has vc-dired been removed already?

Yes:

2008-05-07  Eric S. Raymond  <address@hidden>

        * vc.el, vc-dispatcher.el: VC-Dired support removed.


Sometimes removing a old feature might encourage people to use the new one
but other times it might just make people use an old version of Emacs.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob