Re: [Groff] Better locale macro file handling?

2009-02-16 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> * Introduce a new request which acts like .mso but is silent if the > file does not exist. Hmm. From an interface's point of view, this doesn't deserve a new request. I suggest the following: Convert the error message of .mso into a new warning category which is enabled by default. The

[Groff] Better locale macro file handling?

2009-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
I'm trying to figure out how to make use of the new localisation macro files in man-db. The documentation is simple: just add -mfr (or -msv etc.). I really don't want man-db to have to keep track of what locales groff supports, though. From my point of view that's an implementation detail of groff

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 09:52:13PM -0500, Zvezdan Petkovic wrote: >> I don't really want to get into a major revision control system fight >> here; as I said earlier it seems to be clearly Werner's decision. I >> didn't want to leave undefended assertions lying around though! > > I did not use bzr,

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Zvezdan Petkovic
I don't really want to get into a major revision control system fight here; as I said earlier it seems to be clearly Werner's decision. I didn't want to leave undefended assertions lying around though! I did not use bzr, but based on information I've seen, these are not "undefended assertions"

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:56:07PM +, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > I just find git too repulsive on the UI front to bother using, in fact I > actively try and avoid using it. bzr's my preference and, since they > concentrated on performance a few releases back, has easily coped with > anything I us

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:11:45PM +1100, Robert Thorsby wrote: > On 16/02/09 11:09:29, Colin Watson wrote: > > I thought some of you might be interested to know that there's now a > > rolling import of Groff's CVS repository into GNU Bazaar > > (http://bazaar-vcs.org/), thanks to Michael Hudson an

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Colin, > > and (b) extremely slow compared to git, sometimes slower by a factor > > 10 or more, even for the most fundamental operations like the > > equivalent to `cvs log'. > > This is the standard criticism. It might matter for very large > projects like Emacs with very deep history but is

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > I really would suggest to check out (pun intended) `mercurial'. > > very easy to use and thus much friendlier to the average customer > > (to others, too). > > My main reason for using git is that I'm used to it because I need it > in other projects. I've also used mercu

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 12:14:07PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > My main reason for using git is that I'm used to it because I need it > in other projects. I've also used mercurial (the ALSA project), but > interestingly they have switched to git. The `gitk' program is really > good stuff (and `

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I really would suggest to check out (pun intended) `mercurial'. > very easy to use and thus much friendlier to the average customer > (to others, too). My main reason for using git is that I'm used to it because I need it in other projects. I've also used mercurial (the ALSA project), but inte

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Joerg van den Hoff
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:04:18AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > I thought some of you might be interested to know that there's now a > > rolling import of Groff's CVS repository into GNU Bazaar > > (http://bazaar-vcs.org/), thanks to Michael Hudson and others at my > > employer, Canonical. >

Re: [Groff] GNU Bazaar import of Groff

2009-02-16 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:04:18AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > I thought some of you might be interested to know that there's now a > > rolling import of Groff's CVS repository into GNU Bazaar > > (http://bazaar-vcs.org/), thanks to Michael Hudson and others at my > > emp