From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCHES] patches for compiling GNU emacs 21.2 under Cygwin Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 22:04:07 +0300 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <2593-Sat07Dec2002220407+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039291615 5489 80.91.224.249 (7 Dec 2002 20:06:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2002 20:06:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jbuehler@hekimian.com Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18KlDw-0001QF-00 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 21:06:52 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18KlNC-0006fZ-00 for ; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 21:16:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KlD9-0007HY-04 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:06:03 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KlCm-0007Gp-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:05:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KlCk-0007Gc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:05:39 -0500 Original-Received: from thor.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18KlCk-0007F5-00; Sat, 07 Dec 2002 15:05:38 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (adsl-ayalon-pc-128-51.inter.net.il [213.8.128.51]) by thor.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.1-GA) with ESMTP id AQB80458; Sat, 7 Dec 2002 22:05:07 +0200 (IST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:31:57 -0500) Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9955 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9955 > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 08:31:57 -0500 > > Then we could have something like system-case-insensitive-filenames-p and > the likes, and we could eliminate many of the system-type tests. > > I think this is more trouble than it is worth. It would merely > improve the elegance of the system internals; it would do nothing > for the user. It would prevent us from introducing yet another value of system-type, which is something I thought you wanted to avoid. I posted my suggestion in response to your concern.