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Re: The VC to-do list
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Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: The VC to-do list |
Date: |
Fri, 02 May 2008 22:50:17 -0700 |
"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:
> (1) ;; - vc-dir-kill-dir-status-process should not be specific to
dir-status,
> ;; it should work for other async commands as well (pull/push/...).
>
> Agreed. Even the async diff code is in this category
>
> Dan, the near term VC-specific fix for this one should probably be
> yours, if you can find time to do it; I don't understand the ewoc
> interface well enough yet, and there are other things I should do to
> VC that are more urgent than learning ewoc. Like item (2).
This is actually Stefan's addition. It shouldn't be too hard to fix:
all the asynchronous commands need a buffer to run in, just find a way
to keep track of that buffer and kill it+the associated process when
necessary.
> (11) ;; - add a mechanism for ignoring files.
>
> I'm not clear why. Under what circumstances do we need this when
> the VCS doesn't do it for us?
This is about adding a way to tell the VCS to ignore certain files.
> (23) ;; - vc-dir listing needs a footer generated when it's done to make it
> ;; obvious that it has finished.
>
> This is totally a ewoc interface issue. Yours, Dan, I think.
I'm not convinced it's useful, the mode-line displays [Waiting...] when
something is going on.
- The VC to-do list, Eric S. Raymond, 2008/05/02
- Re: The VC to-do list,
Dan Nicolaescu <=