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diff --git a/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/29ad0d9e-c05b-4793-bb8b-e8bf237f51b3/body b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/29ad0d9e-c05b-4793-bb8b-e8bf237f51b3/body new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e39beb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/29ad0d9e-c05b-4793-bb8b-e8bf237f51b3/body @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +> Currently, the code and interface of Bugs Everywhere speaks loosely +> about the term “RCS”. Sometimes it means “revision control system” +> referring in general to these types of system, and sometimes it talks +> about GNU RCS, a specific system. + +I don't think we ever rever to GNU RCS. Our current libbe.rcs.RCS +default implementation is a "don't version" backend for BE, but +perhaps this is what you're refereing to. + +> I propose that “Version Control System” (“VCS”) has emerged as a +> consensus term to refer to such systems in general, with no specific +> reference to any particular system. + +Fair enough. + +> This will change some interface (e.g. the ‘rcs_name’ configuration +> setting, and some of the methods on objects), but making this change +> while Bugs Everywhere is small will be much less painful than making it +> later. + +Hmm, we really need a method for upgrading the on-disk BugDir version. +It's hard when you need to maintain backwards compatibilty with +earlier versions in the VCS history.... + diff --git a/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/29ad0d9e-c05b-4793-bb8b-e8bf237f51b3/values b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/29ad0d9e-c05b-4793-bb8b-e8bf237f51b3/values new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7eb5b45 --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/29ad0d9e-c05b-4793-bb8b-e8bf237f51b3/values @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Author: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> + + +Content-type: text/plain + + +Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:26:22 +0000 + + +In-reply-to: a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641 + diff --git a/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641/body b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641/body new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f9c166b --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641/body @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +Howdy all, + +Currently, the code and interface of Bugs Everywhere speaks loosely +about the term “RCS”. Sometimes it means “revision control system” +referring in general to these types of system, and sometimes it talks +about GNU RCS, a specific system. + +I propose that “Version Control System” (“VCS”) has emerged as a +consensus term to refer to such systems in general, with no specific +reference to any particular system. + +So I'd like to modify the Bugs Everywhere code to disambiguate: the term +“VCS” will be used consistently to refer to version control systems in +general, and “RCS” will only ever refer to GNU RCS. + +This will change some interface (e.g. the ‘rcs_name’ configuration +setting, and some of the methods on objects), but making this change +while Bugs Everywhere is small will be much less painful than making it +later. + +Any objections? Any alternative suggestions? + +-- + \ “I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left | + `\ earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast.” —Steven Wright | +_o__) | +Ben Finney + + +_______________________________________________ +Be-devel mailing list +Be-devel@bugseverywhere.org +http://void.printf.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/be-devel diff --git a/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641/values b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641/values new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f3cf73 --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/comments/a92f97a4-e9fe-43f7-bf56-5862b03a2641/values @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Alt-id: <87d49879v7.fsf@benfinney.id.au> + + +Author: Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> + + +Content-type: text/plain + + +Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:37:16 +1000 + diff --git a/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/values b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/values new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5cc2cd --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/427e0ca7-17f5-4a5a-8c68-98cc111a2495/values @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +creator: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> + + +reporter: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> + + +severity: minor + + +status: open + + +summary: 'Terminology: Version control system vs. RCS' + + +time: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:10:02 +0000 + |