Re: [Monotone-devel] Has anyone written a monotone backd for Emacs's VC?

[Christian Ohler]

Stefan Monnier, 2007-08-23:

> I know VC is not very well suited to current revision control systems, but
> some of its functionality does make sense and is convenient (typically: show
> diffs made to the current buffer's file, indicate the revision control
> system used for the current buffer's file in the mode line, provide access
> to `annotate' and .... well, that's mostly it I think).
>
> Also, there are plans to update VC to be a bit friendlier by making VC-dired
> work better.
>
> So, in any case, Emacs-22.2 will have VC backends for Git, Bazaar, and
> Mercury, and it would make sense to add Monotone to the list.
>
> I might write it myself, but I'd first want to make sure nobody else has
> done such a thing yet.

I was planning to write a monotone backend for VC.  I wrote most of the 
monotone backend for DVC and can probably reuse portions of that.

When, roughly, will Emacs-22.2 be released?

Christian.