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authorGnus developers <[email protected]>2010-10-18 22:09:28 +0000
committerKatsumi Yamaoka <[email protected]>2010-10-18 22:09:28 +0000
commit7cad71ad21f4ee07ff4652c9e39ebf4510e0216b (patch)
tree2560cf493299beced75147e7c11459725f5ce027 /doc
parent36ba6f0730619d7aef25f094418cff7b4c86f72a (diff)
Merge changes made in Gnus trunk.
gnus-art.el: Make the "dumbquotes" translation work again. gnus-registry.el (gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent): Splitting according to references/in-reply-to obeys the ignore-groups variable, while splitting by sender and subject do not. nnimap.el (nnimap-request-group): Don't SELECT the group twice on `M-g'. nnimap.el (nnimap-update-info): Update flags/read marks even if \* isn't part of the permanent marks. gnus-coding.texi (Gnus Maintainance Guide): Update to mention Emacs bzr/Gnus git sync. gnus-delay.el (gnus-delay-article): Remove superfluous `group' binding. gnus-art.el (gnus-article-make-menu-bar): The article/group menus aren't so wide as to need to switch off the edit menu.
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-rw-r--r--doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi34
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index df6e478a34..76051efef2 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-10-18 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[email protected]>
+
+ * gnus-coding.texi (Gnus Maintainance Guide): Update to mention Emacs
+ bzr/Gnus git sync.
+
2010-10-15 Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
* auth.texi (GnuPG and EasyPG Assistant Configuration): Fix last
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
index 22b74c900b..f513bc15a2 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-coding.texi
@@ -288,14 +288,21 @@ Emacs repository might have been lost.
With the inclusion of Gnus 5.10, Miles Bader has set up an Emacs-Gnus
gateway to ensure the bug fixes from Emacs CVS are propagated to Gnus
-CVS semi-automatically. These bug fixes are installed on the stable
-branch and on the trunk. Basically the idea is that the gateway will
-cause all common files in Emacs and Gnus v5-10 to be identical except
-when there's a very good reason (e.g., the Gnus version string in Emacs
-says @samp{5.11}, but the v5-10 version string remains @samp{5.10.x}).
-Furthermore, all changes in these files in either Emacs or the v5-10
-branch will be installed into the Gnus CVS trunk, again except where
-there's a good reason.
+CVS semi-automatically.
+
+After Emacs moved to bzr and Gnus moved to git, Katsumi Yamaoka has
+taken over the chore of keeping Emacs and Gnus in sync. In general,
+changes made to one repository will usually be replicated in the other
+within a few days.
+
+Basically the idea is that the gateway will cause all common files in
+Emacs and Gnus v5-13 to be identical except when there's a very good
+reason (e.g., the Gnus version string in Emacs says @samp{5.11}, but
+the v5-13 version string remains @samp{5.13.x}). Furthermore, all
+changes in these files in either Emacs or the v5-13 branch will be
+installed into the Gnus git trunk, again except where there's a good
+reason.
+
@c (typically so far the only exception has been that the changes
@c already exist in the trunk in modified form).
Because of this, when the next major version of Gnus will be included in
@@ -311,9 +318,9 @@ If it's a file which is thought of as being outside of Gnus (e.g., the
new @file{encrypt.el}), you should probably make the change in the Emacs
tree, and it will show up in the Gnus tree a few days later.
-If you don't have Emacs CVS access (or it's inconvenient), you can
+If you don't have Emacs bzr access (or it's inconvenient), you can
change such a file in the v5-10 branch, and it should propagate to Emacs
-CVS -- however, it will get some extra scrutiny (by Miles) to see if the
+bzr -- however, it will get some extra scrutiny (by Miles) to see if the
changes are possibly controversial and need discussion on the mailing
list. Many changes are obvious bug-fixes however, so often there won't
be any problem.
@@ -321,12 +328,12 @@ be any problem.
@item
If it's to a Gnus file, and it's important enough that it should be part
of Emacs and the v5-10 branch, then you can make the change on the v5-10
-branch, and it will go into Emacs CVS and the Gnus CVS trunk (a few days
+branch, and it will go into Emacs bzr and the Gnus git trunk (a few days
later). The most prominent examples for such changes are bug-fixed
including improvements on the documentation.
If you know that there will be conflicts (perhaps because the affected
-source code is different in v5-10 and the Gnus CVS trunk), then you can
+source code is different in v5-10 and the Gnus git trunk), then you can
install your change in both places, and when I try to sync them, there
will be a conflict -- however, since in most such cases there would be a
conflict @emph{anyway}, it's often easier for me to resolve it simply if
@@ -338,9 +345,6 @@ For general Gnus development changes, of course you just make the
change on the Gnus Git trunk and it goes into Emacs a few years
later... :-)
-With the new Git repository, we'll probably set up something to
-automatically synchronize with Emacs when possible. CVS was much less
-powerful for this kind of synchronization.
@end itemize
Of course in any case, if you just can't wait for me to sync your