From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: adding warning to obsolete unicode branch Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:47:42 +0900 Message-ID: <87tzk7pdpd.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87myqhj2b4.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87zltzsgk2.fsf@gutsy.luannocracy.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203277688 19869 80.91.229.12 (17 Feb 2008 19:48:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:48:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-unicode@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Abrahams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 17 20:48:31 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 1JQpV0-0001Ue-Bq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:48:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpUW-0000zD-Bi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:48:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpUR-0000yq-W4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:47:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpUQ-0000yL-IF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:47:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JQpUQ-0000yI-De for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:47:54 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JQpUI-0002h5-Jl; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:47:47 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-023.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.23] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JQpUG-0001hp-0U; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:47:44 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B7C482FF7; Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:47:42 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87zltzsgk2.fsf@gutsy.luannocracy.com> (David Abrahams's message of "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:17:49 -0500") Original-Lines: 19 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:89386 Archived-At: David Abrahams writes: >> As a large number of people used the emacs-unicode-2 branch >> out of CVS, I think it might be a good idea to add a warning >> to the configure script and Makefiles in the branch, so that >> if they update from that branch and build emacs, they'll get >> a big fat message telling them they should probably use the >> trunk instead. > > Something like that would sure be nice for people like me, as I recently > built from the branch without knowing better. I added a warning shortly after I sent that email; did you not see it, or was your checkout from before then? -Miles -- Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.