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Re: New speedbar version
From: |
Miles Bader |
Subject: |
Re: New speedbar version |
Date: |
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 12:07:38 +0900 |
2005/10/2, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>:
> > Unfortunately, checking in the new version of Speedbar (which has been
> > undergoing development in its own tree for two years) was itself one
> > of the items needed for the release. See, for example,
>
> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-05/msg00202.html
>
> BTW, could whoever worked on this speedbar.el thingy install on a branch the
> "original" upstream version, so that in the future we will be able to
> trivially extract the local changes we've made (or, equivalently, to easily
> install a newer upstream release o n that branch and then ask CVS to do
> (most of) the merge for us)?
Anyway, as a general rule: _never_ just "check in" new versions of
upstream files. _Always_ merge them. If that seems annoying then the
first step is to track down the history you need to do such a merge
(and hopefully, as Stefan suggests, do some preparation so that the
next merge is easier).
-Miles
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