Re: address@hidden: Re: rename in cvs]

[Paul Sander]

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>[ On Friday, October 12, 2001 at 20:34:48 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ]
>> Subject: Re: address@hidden: Re: rename in cvs]
>>
>> They can be stored in newphrases inside the RCS files, without breaking
>> compatibility.  It's still the wrong way to do it, but it's an improvement
>> over the status quo.

>Well, it could be, but that would break human compatability too, and
>thus that's about the worst way to put such meta data.

Huh???  RCS and CVS can read the files (correctly, and modify them,
correctly), and humans aren't supposed to touch the repository directly
anyway.  And if humans know enough about the RCS file format, they know
how to identify newphrases.  And the introduced newphrases will be
documented, so humans who happen to read the files will still understand
them.

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