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: Removing MULTI_KBOARD Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:15:50 -0700 Message-ID: <200808040115.m741Fp6T000371@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200807310343.m6V3h1Zo006813@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200807311921.m6VJLxu1016770@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808011209.m71C9Tj3018356@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808020655.m726tvsI017108@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808020927.m729Rnov027876@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <489432B0.2000305@gnu.org> <87r697qzn3.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <18580.58502.366085.330994@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217812727 19896 80.91.229.12 (4 Aug 2008 01:18:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 01:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , Chong Yidong , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 04 03:19:38 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 1KPojY-0005D8-MI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:19:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59542 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPoid-0004z2-Mz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:18:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KPoiY-0004vl-Dz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:18:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KPoiW-0004rV-H5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:18:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40399 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KPoiW-0004r9-8h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:18:32 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]:52667) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KPoiV-0007Ui-Pv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:18:32 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1218417355.33846@aJKsJfN+g/j1WdSUuKK2mw 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 m741Fp6T000371; Sun, 3 Aug 2008 18:15:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:20:54 -0400") Original-Lines: 19 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:102018 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > > If the logical thing to do is remove MULTI_KBOARD, and therefore the MSDOS > > port, I'm sure that after discussion Eli would see that. > > FWIW, removing MULTI_KBOARD does not entail removing MSDOS support: it > just requires a bit more effort to update the MSDOS code. The problem > is that Dan should have made this effort (even if he can't test it > because the MSDOS port currently doesn't build/work), unless someone > else (i.e. Eli) had agreed to do it, or unless we had decided to drop > the MSDOS port (which I'd favor, but not enough to impose it on Eli). > > So Dan, rather than revert your removal of MULTI_KBOARD, could you do > a best-effort update of the MSDOS code to adapt it to the new "always > multi kbd" code? What makes you think I didn't? To the best of my knowledge no extra changes are required for the "always multi kbd" code. No evidence of the contrary has been given this far.