Re: Another VC terminology change?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden>:
> In principle it could work to make "file set" a general term, if we
> have two suitable specific terms for the two specific concepts used in
> these two features.  But that proposal has trouble in the details:
> if we use the terms "VC fileset" and "fileset", it sounds like the
> former is a special case of the latter.  
> 
> Can you modify it to solve the problem?

That's easy.  The real difference isn't between "used in VC" and elsewhere,
it's in the lifetime and source of the fileset.

A few additions to the manual can address this.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>