[Savannah-hackers] address@hidden: Re: address@hidden: Re: Emacs maintenance]]

[Richard Stallman]

Don't we have the ability to mail changes to a list
when they are installed in CVS?  Could you please talk with Eli
and set this up, as Eli needs?

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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 21:25:29 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden>
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In-reply-to: <address@hidden> (message from Richard
        Stallman on Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:47:53 -0600 (MDT))
Subject: Re: address@hidden: Re: Emacs maintenance]
Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>

> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:47:53 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> 
>     The issue here is that, unless you make a point of diffing you local
>     sandbox against the master repository before updating it, and then
>     reading the diffs, you have no idea whatsoever what changes were done
>     lately, and why.
> 
> You are right in identifying this problem, but there are simple
> automatic solutions.  We can have CVS mail all changes to a mailing
> list, for instance.

I was promised something like that a few months ago (in response to
a request to have a substitute for diffmon).  I'm still waiting.

If this is possible, I agree that it's a good alternative solution.
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