From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Misc problems with INSTALL file Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:21 -0400 Message-ID: <87y72tboue.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <877iaejafg.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219120782 20433 80.91.229.12 (19 Aug 2008 04:39:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:39:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 19 06:40:34 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 1KVJ1D-0008Fp-MF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:40:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39270 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVJ0G-0003jj-Fz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVJ0A-0003jd-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KVJ09-0003jR-OJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55025 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KVJ09-0003jO-Hj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:25 -0400 Original-Received: from c-24-63-201-57.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([24.63.201.57]:13360 helo=furry) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KVJ05-0005ti-V0; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7C22FC058; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:39:21 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:17:09 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:102626 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) >> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:11:15 +0200 >> >> There is no MS-DOS or W3x support in Emacs 23 - right? > > It's still there. No one removed the DOS support code yet. > >> I know that Eli does not want to kill MSDOG support, but IIUC >> in the current state [feature freeze - release just around the corner], >> Emacs 23 does not run on MSDOG. > > Feature freeze means that no new features should be added, but AFAIK > it does not mean existing code cannot be debugged and fixed. Indeed. I added a note to FOR-RELEASE, reminding to update INSTALL and NEWS if MS-DOS still isn't ready by the time we want to make the release.