Re: [AUCTeX-devel] reftex in emacs vs. CVS reftex

[Tassilo Horn]

Ralf Angeli <address@hidden> writes:

Hey Ralf,

>> The CVS repo hasn't been touched since 2010 while there are recent
>> changes in the version bundled in emacs.  Diffing some files, it
>> seems they've diverged quite a bit, not only in trivial parts.
>
> I've also been surprised how much they diverged when I last tried to
> merge changes.  And that's been some months ago.

Yep, it's a mess. ;-)

>> How is that supposed to be handled?
>
> The original idea was to do feature development in the standalone
> version which is hosted in AUCTeX's CVS repository and occasionally
> merge changes between this and Emacs' repository.  Unfortunately this
> hasn't happened due to a lack of time on my side.  So what I'm
> currently planning is to merge the code related to new features from
> AUCTeX's into Emacs' repository and retire the standalone version.

I'm all for it!

> I don't have an eta for this yet, though.

No problem.  Should I merge at least the changes that I made to emacs'
reftex today to the CVS?  Right now, I still know what I've done, but
that might change in some days.

Bye,
Tassilo