From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#58021: 29.0.50; Remove old font.c code Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:36:22 +0300 Message-ID: <83o7v2lk0p.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871qs21mmd.fsf@elite.giraud> <831qs2qsa1.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmfm3xoo.fsf@gnus.org> <83r102ozo0.fsf@gnu.org> <87pmfl15v1.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11090"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 58021@debbugs.gnu.org, manuel@ledu-giraud.fr To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 26 08:40:50 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ochnN-0002gJ-Ax for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:40:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60700 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ochnM-0002SE-7M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:40:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54562) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ochji-00010t-Uy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:37:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:49984) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ochji-0007Om-Mn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ochji-0004mR-Hr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:37:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:37:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58021 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 58021-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58021.166417420118345 (code B ref 58021); Mon, 26 Sep 2022 06:37:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Sep 2022 06:36:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49062 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ochjM-0004lp-IZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:36:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59980) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ochjL-0004lZ-0P for 58021@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:36:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57434) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ochjF-0007MC-7G; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:36:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=ArcP8yab2WZFHLN6jF0Send0p9EcoR/DmbOieZC/H/M=; b=pBolNKKwiOzw bwLPRMmU2zGoN/7fIpQrJcyh4QB1QU0LvDHhT+8/GtigrYWbyhUd4KHoin+A83zk+3xo0Vtgiqsxy j+8JiZt9qpuLiQvnssPX0Qnbgqk+bhMYsHGvvSsgSvxDGMCqaVL5+OBFxuQJWs6nAe/S20/0dwYd7 3BKoYCxOBrowIz8kbD4i2OPyAU8ZT0GFXXkC1Ky9LYfjdsfoQEje5v/7Xkf1BoyNliES0LoPqETSc wiPoJQvq5GIcRf3TAgAlcmMH7MCvF8w5MHZxmdjMwDX7WnR2tRPSPVBY4EE8cflj3o5UmViKzkQdg v5rX8p5BSsmQ8wkXW2gDnw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1595 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ochjD-0006ci-Kj; Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:36:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87pmfl15v1.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:25:38 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:243622 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: manuel@ledu-giraud.fr, 58021@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:25:38 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Would it help if we move that to the end of the file? > > > > My primary motivation for leaving this is to try to attract someone to > > get involved in maintaining and developing font.c and fontset.c. > > We've all but lost our only expert on this, and leaving this part of > > Emacs without an active maintainer is bad for us. I might even add a > > comment there that encourages people to finish implementation of at > > least some of that stuff, in the hope that this will bring on board > > someone capable and motivated. > > Adding some commentary to it to explain what the purpose of the code is > (and why it hasn't been enabled) would be helpful, at least. Now done.