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Re: The VC to-do list
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: The VC to-do list |
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Sat, 3 May 2008 02:10:20 -0400 |
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Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>:
> "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.
Agreed. The dispatcher layer I'm thinking about splitting out would need
this as a generic facility anyway.
> > (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.
Right; am rewording the to-do appropriately.
>> (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.
Really? I didn't notice that...which tells its own story.
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