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

[Stefan Monnier]

>> 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.

That would be great.

> When, roughly, will Emacs-22.2 be released?

No idea.  Could be real-soon-now or it could be several months from now,
depending on how quickly people fix the list of pending bugs.


        Stefan