From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/? Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:54:20 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4nzn2jud2r.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1098122090 18124 80.91.229.6 (18 Oct 2004 17:54:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 17:54:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 18 19:54:43 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 1CJbiV-00082s-00 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:54:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJbpn-0000wK-ME for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:02:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJbpb-0000qO-Id for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:02:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJbpa-0000pP-Jc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJbpa-0000pE-Gb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:02:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJbiC-0001bX-BD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:54:24 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CJbiB-0004zP-00 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:54:23 +0200 Original-Received: from asimov.bwh.harvard.edu ([134.174.9.63]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:54:23 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by asimov.bwh.harvard.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:54:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: asimov.bwh.harvard.edu X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gCF6E0qw90vCbUgvi/CDBNPeMTM= 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:28573 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28573 On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, rms@gnu.org wrote: > I propose to move the following files: > > lisp/gnus/: [...] Can we please add: netrc.el: parsing of authinfo-style files for storing passwords for network services > If the Gnus developers want to keep including some version of these > files, such as for compatibility purposes, they can. But they should > not install those files into the Emacs repository any more. And they > should probably arrange that the separately-distributed Gnus won't use > the Gnus versions of those files when running in an Emacs version that > already has the facility built in. The problem is that Gnus should run in older versions of Emacs as well, when installed by itself. This may become a big problem because many users simply can't upgrade. I'm not sure what to do. Ted