From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: finger-pointer curser as default for mouse-face text Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:15:10 -0500 (CDT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200410270215.i9R2FAi07526@raven.dms.auburn.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098843360 657 80.91.229.6 (27 Oct 2004 02:16:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:16:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 27 04:15:50 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CMdLq-00074z-00 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 04:15:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMdTY-00048z-TG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMdTM-00048i-U3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:23:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CMdTL-00048C-W9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:23:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CMdTL-000482-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:23:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [131.204.53.104] (helo=manatee.dms.auburn.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CMdLF-0000da-VC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:15:14 -0400 Original-Received: from raven.dms.auburn.edu (raven.dms.auburn.edu [131.204.53.29]) by manatee.dms.auburn.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9R2FBFu008292; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:15:11 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (from teirllm@localhost) by raven.dms.auburn.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i9R2FAi07526; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:15:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: raven.dms.auburn.edu: teirllm set sender to teirllm@dms.auburn.edu using -f Original-To: storm@cua.dk In-reply-to: (storm@cua.dk) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:29008 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:29008 Kim Storm wrote: But CVS emacs is still far from being released, If we keep going on like this, there _never_ will be another release. and I guess that if we make a clean interface how to inhibit the mapping for specific links, the package authors will have plenty of time to adapt their code for CVS emacs. It is also a matter of not only documenting the new behavior, but also changing references to the old behavior everywhere in all manuals, which may be spread all over the place. Realistically speaking, implementing the new behavior will introduce bugs that will need to be fixed. Everything combined, plenty of resources will be diverted from working on the release, assuming we still want to have one. I have not been following this discussion, as I have had no time to do so. I thought the purpose of a feature freeze was exactly that people would not have to divert time away from working on the release by worrying about substantive new features and their possible negative effects. Sincerely, Luc.