changeset 94730:3bbff46b7130

Meta-CVS support removed.

--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
[phone]  Eric S. Raymond  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* aack.texi, files.texi, vc2-xtra.texi: Meta-CVS is no longer 
+	supported.
+
 2008-05-02  Eric S. Raymond  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* emacs/buffers.texi, emacs/files.texi (Version-control):

--- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 @end itemize
 
 @item
-Stefan Monnier added support for Arch, Subversion, and Meta-CVS to VC,
+Stefan Monnier added support for Arch and Subversion to VC,
 and re-wrote much of the Emacs server to use the built-in networking
 primitives.  He also wrote:
 

--- a/doc/emacs/files.texi	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/files.texi	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@
 
   The Emacs version control interface is called VC.  Its commands work
 with different version control systems---currently, it supports CVS,
-GNU Arch, RCS, Meta-CVS, Subversion, and SCCS.  Of these, the GNU
+GNU Arch, RCS, Subversion, and SCCS.  Of these, the GNU
 project distributes CVS, GNU Arch, and RCS.  We also have free
 software to replace SCCS, known as CSSC; if you are using SCCS and
 don't want to make the incompatible change to RCS or CVS, you can
@@ -1291,8 +1291,8 @@
 @subsubsection Supported Version Control Systems
 
 @cindex back end (version control)
-  VC currently works with six different version control systems or
-``back ends'': SCCS, RCS, CVS, Meta-CVS, Subversion, GNU Arch,
+  VC currently works with many different version control systems or
+``back ends'': SCCS, RCS, CVS, Subversion, GNU Arch,
 git, and Mercurial.
 @comment Omitting bzr because support is very scratchy and incomplete.
 
@@ -1326,13 +1326,6 @@
 also that before using CVS you must set up a repository, which is a
 subject too complex to treat here.
 
-@cindex Meta-CVS
-  Meta-CVS uses CVS repositories, but has an enhanced client that
-uses client-side information to solve various of the known problems
-with CVS.  It is not widely used, having been overtaken by Subversion.
-The Emacs support for it is rudimentary, and may be removed in a
-future version.
-
 @cindex SVN
 @cindex Subversion
   Subversion is a free version control system designed to be similar

--- a/doc/emacs/vc2-xtra.texi	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/vc2-xtra.texi	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
 @vindex vc-handled-backends
 The variable @code{vc-handled-backends} determines which version
 control systems VC should handle.  The default value is @code{(RCS CVS
-SVN SCCS BZR GIT HG Arch MCVS)}, so it contains all the version systems
+SVN SCCS BZR GIT HG Arch)}, so it contains all the version systems
 that are currently supported.  If you want VC to ignore one or more of
 these systems, exclude its name from the list.  To disable VC entirely,
 set this variable to @code{nil}.

--- a/etc/ChangeLog	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
[phone]  Eric S. Raymond  <[e-mail]>
+
+	* NEWS: Support for Meta-CVS removed.
+
 2008-05-05  Nick Roberts  <[e-mail]>
 
 	* compilation.txt: Add regexp for Open Watcom compiler output.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -538,6 +538,9 @@
 For now only CVS, RCS, SCCS and SVN support this functionality.
 This is done by the `modify-change-comment' backend function.
 
+*** VC Support for Meta-CVS has been removed for lack of maintainer able
+to update it to the new VC.
+
 ** smerge-refine highlights word-level details of changes in conflict.
 It's used automatically as you move through conflicts, see smerge-auto-refine.
 

--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	* vc.el, vc-dispatcher.el: VC-Dired support removed.  The code
 	uses a ewoc-based implementation now.
+	* vc-hooks.el: Support for Meta-CVS has been removed.
 
 2008-05-07  Stefan Monnier  <[e-mail]>
 

--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;; NU General Public License for more details.
 
 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 ;; along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   :type 'regexp
   :group 'vc)
 
-(defcustom vc-handled-backends '(RCS CVS SVN SCCS Bzr Git Hg Mtn Arch MCVS)
+(defcustom vc-handled-backends '(RCS CVS SVN SCCS Bzr Git Hg Mtn Arch)
   ;; RCS, CVS, SVN and SCCS come first because they are per-dir
   ;; rather than per-tree.  RCS comes first because of the multibackend
   ;; support intended to use RCS for local commits (with a remote CVS server).
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   :group 'vc)
 
 ;; Note: we don't actually have a darcs back end yet.
+;; Also, Meta-CVS (corresponsding to MCVS) is unsupported.
 (defcustom vc-directory-exclusion-list '("SCCS" "RCS" "CVS" "MCVS"
 					 ".svn" ".git" ".hg" ".bzr"
 					 "_MTN" "_darcs" "{arch}")

--- a/lisp/vc-mcvs.el	Wed May 07 21:27:41 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/vc-mcvs.el	Wed May 07 22:11:08 2008 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;; Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author:      FSF (see vc.el for full credits)
-;; Maintainer:  Stefan Monnier <[e-mail]>
+;; Maintainer:  None
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.