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bug#2756: move SCCS later in vc-handled-backends
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
bug#2756: move SCCS later in vc-handled-backends |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:51:56 -0700 (PDT) |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:
> > SCCS should be moved after later in the vc-handled-backends list, after
> > the modern VCs.
> > Opening any file costs a call to vc-sccs-registered
> > vc-sccs-search-project-dir (and whatever they call).
>
> No matter where SCCS is in the vc-handled-backends list, those functions
> will be run for any file that is not version controlled, which is likely
> to be a very common case.
>
> > SCCS is not really popular nowadays,
>
> Same thing for RCS, indeed.
>
> > and that should be reflected on the vc-handled-backends list.
>
> We could remove backends from the list based on the presence/absence of
> the corresponding executable(s).
Would that be acceptable for 23.1?
If not, let's go for fixing the easier problem: moving SCCS later in the
list of backends.