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30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr <at> thyrsus.com>, 75398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75398: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:15:26 -0600

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 09:46:02 +0000
>>
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> In files.el, I read this:
>>
>>     ;;; Commentary:
>>
>>     ;; Defines most of Emacs's file- and directory-handling functions,
>>     ;; including basic file visiting, backup generation, link handling,
>>     ;; ITS-id version control, load- and write-hook handling, and the like.
>>
>> I understand that "version control" refers to backup files rather than
>> VCS, but what is "ITS-id"?  I can't find any references to that in the
>> manual, or by grepping, but since the text was written in 1993, is it
>> possible that it refers to "Incompatible Time-Sharing System"...?
>
> Yes, I think ITS was the system which introduced numbered backup
> files.  Maybe someone else (Richard?) could confirm.
>
> This commentary was added by Eric Raymond in March 1993.

The question is how do we update this comment to be relevant in 2025.

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