From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: newsticker-*.el files Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:01:04 -0700 Message-ID: <200806082201.m58M142d000380@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212962525 11403 80.91.229.12 (8 Jun 2008 22:02:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 22:02:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ulf Jasper , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 09 00:02:47 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K5SyM-0005hm-Mf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:02:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46211 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5SxZ-0002tN-Pf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:01:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5SxV-0002tG-5t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5SxU-0002t4-NY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:01:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56911 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5SxU-0002t1-ID for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:01:52 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]:39786) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5SxQ-0000ld-8g; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:01:48 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1213567264.95333@NzA20HUux9MhNZGIBAIqNw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m58M142d000380; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 15:01:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:22:50 +0300") Original-Lines: 16 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:98732 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > The newly installed newsticker-*.el files cause file-name clashes on > 8+3 (a.k.a. DOS) filesystems. Can we rename them in a way that avoids > such clashes? All that is needed that the first 8 characters of the > basename be different; as long as they are, there's no problem for the > basename itself to be longer than 8 characters. The DOS port currently does not work, it has been approved for removal, and you said that it might never be revived. Why do this work now, when it's highly possible that the uglyfied names might never be needed? Why not do the renaming work at the time when the DOS platform is brought back to life?