From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69380 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus VCS issues Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:39:25 -0600 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87bpgcoiw2.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <1234049754.2390.1299107629@webmail.messagingengine.com> <86d4drnzf1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87fxin9qgm.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> <867i1otupq.fsf@lifelogs.com> <874owos9il.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> <867i1kicou.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877hxjzm2u.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aawse3w6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87tyur451i.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> <877hrlwvwk.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87pr54akb4.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87wrzc7721.fsf@topper.koldfront.dk> <873a20o131.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> <87fx5qqbuy.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264790463 896 80.91.229.12 (29 Jan 2010 18:41:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:41:03 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17784@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Jan 29 19:41:00 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Navm6-0000j8-Q0 for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:40:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Navl9-0000oI-F7; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:39:59 -0600 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Navl6-0000ni-Mf for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:39:56 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Navl4-0001HA-UI for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:39:56 -0600 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Navkw-000242-00 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:39:46 +0100 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Navkv-0008PZ-L6 for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:39:45 +0100 Original-Received: from 38.98.147.130 ([38.98.147.130]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:39:45 +0100 Original-Received: from tzz by 38.98.147.130 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:39:45 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.98.147.130 X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tOgGHP3x9aXC34DUC3I2U7uSwjs= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69380 Archived-At: On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:16:05 +0100 Florian Weimer wrote: FW> * Reiner Steib: >> On Wed, Jan 20 2010, Adam Sjøgren wrote: >> >>> What are the pros of Bazaar compared to Git? >> >> Emacs uses Bazaar (mainly because it is a GNU project, see the long >> discussions in the emacs-devel archive) and we should use the same VC >> system as Emacs to make synching easier and so that Gnus developers >> don't need to learn another VC system (most active Gnus developers are >> also Emacs developers). FW> Can Bazaar handle such cross-project merges automatically? (AFAIK, FW> Git's tool support for this is a bit poor.) I don't know, but anything is better than CVS IMHO. I haven't heard anything definitive from Lars or Reiner. It seems like everyone that spoke up is in favor of switching to Bazaar, though, ranging from favorable indifference to mild approval. Should I keep pushing them? I really hope this doesn't get stalled. Ted