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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: ada writing guide
Date: 2000/04/21
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In article <38FF4D28.8F946BDA@telepath.com>,
  Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com> wrote:
> "Samuel T. Harris" wrote:
>

Ted, you are also not listening here. I will say again, that
this kind of mistake is COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE for my working
environment. Why, because every time I check something in, I
carefully verify that the changes I am making are exactly as
I expect them to be. I find any system which does not involve
such careful double checks to be seriously flawed.

I quite understand that in the (to me) sloppy kind of
environment you are envisioning there could be a problem,
and I am glad that the emacs change helps bullet proof
you from this mistake, but I will say again, that I think
that any configuration control system that lets you accidentally
undo changes is broken.

It really all depends on what you are looking for. It sounds
like you are looking for a very light weight system, where
following the rule of always using emacs mostly bails you out
of this kind of error, but I certainly would not rely on that
in my environment.



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