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GNU Emacs Switches From CVS To Bazaar

Posted by timothy on from the surely-you-need-not-leave-emacs-to-use-bazaar dept.

kfogel writes "GNU Emacs, one of the oldest continuously developed free software projects around, has switched from CVS to Bazaar. Emacs's first recorded version-control commits date from August, 1985. Eight years later, in 1993, it moved to CVS. Sixteen years later, it is switching to Bazaar, its first time in a decentralized version control system. If this pattern holds, GNU Emacs will be in Bazaar for at least thirty-two years ..."

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  1. Re:Wow, what quality... by Kynde · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Emacs's"

    Take it from someone who has an "s" at the end of their name, it's supposed to be Emacs'.

    Hardly, your case is far simpler, it's simply "Anonymous Coward's"

    Take that from someone who actually read's both the posts and who wrote them.

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  2. Re:What Does It Need? by tyroneking · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You know I wouldn't have responded except that you seemed to be levelling some criticism at me (and missing the 'I' point of view). So here goes with some unnecessarily vitriolic responses...

    1. If I needed grep to find email then I think I would rather go to hell, which is where you obviously already.

    2. Gmail may lose data but cannot believe that it does so as often as a regular user unless you are on crack.

    3. If you can SSH from your work PC then you are probably breaking a whole load of company security policies and should be fired.

    So, you are in hell, on crack, and soon to be fired.

    I, on the other hand, am drinking vodka, have half a dozen laptops in various locations from where I can access all my email and documents without having to do a single thing.