Re: Sync of Gnus with Emacs

[Reiner Steib <4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de>]

On Mon, Aug 23 2004, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, 4.uce.03.r.s@nurfuerspam.de wrote:
>
>> I'd like to ask all Gnus developers to apply bug fixes and doc
>> fixes[1] that went into the trunk (No Gnus) also in the v5-10 branch.
>> I will merge those changes into the branch "gnus-5_10-branch" of Emacs
>> then.  If you have write access for Emacs, you can apply there
>> yourself, of course.
>
> You mean that each developer should apply his own fixes to the 5-10
> branch?  

Basically yes.  It's more time consuming for someone else to find out
whether the change is relevant for v5-10 and how to redo the change in
v5-10 in case of failed hunks from `patch'.  Because only doc- and
bugfixes should go there, the number of relevant changes should be
quite small.

Here is a suggestion on how to do it rather convenient (suggestions
for improvement very welcome):

- Open the ChangeLog file in the No Gnus directory.

- Goto 2004-01-04 (No Gnus starts here).  Search for your name with
  `C-r'.

- (If the entry might be relevant:) 
  Open the source file(s) *in the v5-10* directory, browse the log
  with `C-x v l', use `d' (log-view-diff) to view the change.

  If relevant, apply the hunk(s) using `C-c C-a' from the *vc-diff*
  buffer.  Add the ChangeLog entry using the current date.  Commit.

- Do this for the ChangeLogs in texi/ and lisp/.

- Post a message in this thread that you have checked (and installed)
  your changes.

> Some developers are busy and can't do this - should we build a list
> of commits, sorted by name and date?  

I think that the ChangeLogs are sufficient.

> This may depend on an unresponsive (for whatever reason) developer -
> we need to either assign the task to someone else or forget about
> those fixes.

Of course everyone can also apply changes from someone else.

Does this answer your questions?

Bye, Reiner.
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