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

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To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
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Subject: bug#75398: closed (30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to
 "ITS-id" version control)
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:25:01 +0000

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control
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"...?

In any case, I think that part should either be deleted or clarified.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: esr <at> thyrsus.com, 75398-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75398: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id"
 version control
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 23:23:50 -0600

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

>> The question is how do we update this comment to be relevant in 2025.
>
> I'd replace "ITS-id version control" with "version control for
> numbered backup files".

Thanks, I opted to fix it in a different way, see commit 1c49edc4080.
Feel free to tweak that.  Meanwhile, I'm closing this bug.

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