From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: removing support for old platforms Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:19:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87ejct90rl.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> References: <200801050843.m058heaw011436@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200801061746.m06HkMPm017937@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200801062044.m06KiFbY023559@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199715576 7958 80.91.229.12 (7 Jan 2008 14:19:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:19:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 07 15:19:57 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 1JBspZ-0002kH-6I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:19:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBspC-0003eQ-4u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:19:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBsot-0003Wm-0i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBsor-0003Vv-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:19:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBsoq-0003Vn-TE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:19:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-relay.sonofon.dk ([212.88.64.25]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBsoq-0002lh-FO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:19:12 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 32511 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2008 14:19:11 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO kfs-lx.rd.rdm.cua.dk) (213.83.150.21) by 0 with SMTP; 7 Jan 2008 14:19:11 -0000 In-Reply-To: <200801062044.m06KiFbY023559@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Sun\, 06 Jan 2008 12\:44\:15 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:86476 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Should we perhaps announce in NEWS the fact that these old > > configurations are no longer supported? > > IMHO, that would just add unnecessary bloat to NEWS. But feel free to do > it if you want to... Maybe it doesn't need to be specific, ie. it could just say * Many pre-historic machines and systems are no longer supported. (you may choose another term than pre-historic of course). -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk