From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ralf Angeli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: declare-function in files from Gnus (hashcash.el, imap.el) Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:59:33 +0100 Message-ID: <87u00eufga.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> References: <200712011634.lB1GYCkr018222@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87mysuwdcx.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <87ac27w4lz.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196632795 20183 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2007 21:59:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 02 23:00:03 2007 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 1Iywr1-0003PC-UP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:00:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iywql-0004NI-GI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:59:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iywqh-0004L0-A8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:59:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iywqc-0004DC-6q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:59:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iywqc-0004D9-2i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:59:34 -0500 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IywqW-0003UK-CI; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:59:28 -0500 Original-Received: from neutrino.caeruleus.net (p54A50C87.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.165.12.135]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu8) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML31I-1IywqT0iUK-00032v; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:59:26 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun\, 02 Dec 2007 16\:26\:28 -0500") X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/TTIEcQmUmP41RU29qSj0YH1+mYiuR0yb527q VE5eg02ZZqFsNHHWYaBNnzKpnYgVIBPdX5+w9pY27aPhMJE0pk bXmKYIexSF4sJzXg3OX/A== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:84512 Archived-At: * Richard Stallman (2007-12-02) writes: > But the point here is that people should take care when changing code > of packages which are supposed to work with other Emacs versions than > the one they are integrated in. > > It isn't crucial for the files in the Emacs repository to work with > old Emacs versions. They just have to work in the next release. If those files belong to a package which is also being maintained in a different repository and released independently of Emacs, this will lead to a fork. And I don't want that to happen with RefTeX. -- Ralf