* numbered backups & version-control
@ 1995-11-03 10:58 Massimo Campostrini
1995-11-03 14:17 ` Luis Fernandes
1995-11-06 13:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Massimo Campostrini @ 1995-11-03 10:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
I am a big fan of numbered backups (i.e. setting `version-control' to
`t'). I find it very useful for files I am editing.
But it is really too much for files generated automatically, such as
`.newsrc.eld' and `.newsrc'. rmail mode solves this by never making
numbered backups of mail files (by making `version-control' local to
the buffer and setting it to `never').
I would like a similar behavior from gnus (maybe as an option,
although I can't see anybody needing six old versions of `.newsrc.eld'
backed up).
It should be very easy to implement, probably I can implement it
myself :-)
Comments?
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* numbered backups & version-control
1995-11-03 10:58 numbered backups & version-control Massimo Campostrini
@ 1995-11-03 14:17 ` Luis Fernandes
1995-11-06 13:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Luis Fernandes @ 1995-11-03 14:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: ding
I second this; the crash file provides a big enough safety net that
even a single numbered back-up is superfluous.
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* Re: numbered backups & version-control
1995-11-03 10:58 numbered backups & version-control Massimo Campostrini
1995-11-03 14:17 ` Luis Fernandes
@ 1995-11-06 13:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1995-11-06 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
campo@sunthpi3.difi.unipi.it (Massimo Campostrini) writes:
> But it is really too much for files generated automatically, such as
> `.newsrc.eld' and `.newsrc'. rmail mode solves this by never making
> numbered backups of mail files (by making `version-control' local to
> the buffer and setting it to `never').
>
> I would like a similar behavior from gnus (maybe as an option,
> although I can't see anybody needing six old versions of `.newsrc.eld'
> backed up).
Yup. I've done this in September 0.13.
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