From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VMS support Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:34:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87vdyv2nld.fsf@ambire.localdomain> References: <87iquzmcxm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87d4l76ntu.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <8763qznhfd.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87k5fcc2ui.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <873alz681f.fsf@ambire.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216921166 4134 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2008 17:39:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:39:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 24 19:40:15 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 1KM4nW-0000Bv-2a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:40:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56118 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KM4mc-0002Ke-KP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:39:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KM4kx-0000zo-Hc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KM4ko-0000u4-Dm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59503 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KM4ko-0000tw-4o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [151.61.142.159] (port=54221 helo=ambire.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KM4kn-0007Rb-G8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:37:26 -0400 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire.localdomain with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KM4ha-0008IM-TX; Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:34:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:59:52 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:101410 Archived-At: () Stefan Monnier () Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:59:52 -0400 The only meaningful merge in my mind is a merge with CVS trunk, not with some previous released version of the code, otherwise you'll always have to play catch up. To port is to always play catch up. E-then-N vs N-then-E, you're better off letting the taxi driver handle the urban tactics... thi