From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .info files Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 01:01:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <831uns3rgj.fsf@gnu.org> <8362cc70la.fsf@gnu.org> <4FA42AF0.2020304@cs.ucla.edu> <83lil7659z.fsf@gnu.org> <4FA44B0C.40807@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1336172565 20606 80.91.229.3 (4 May 2012 23:02:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 23:02:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 05 01:02:44 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SQRWK-0001AU-KU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 May 2012 01:02:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42453 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SQRWJ-00020o-TI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2012 19:02:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48467) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SQRWH-00020i-H3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2012 19:02:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SQRWG-0000qj-1E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2012 19:02:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f43.google.com ([209.85.210.43]:58235) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SQRWC-0000q3-HS; Fri, 04 May 2012 19:02:32 -0400 Original-Received: by dajz8 with SMTP id z8so4837418daj.30 for ; Fri, 04 May 2012 16:02:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=X4a2mmjm12jo0MpUNCdfsPfZYQ/z4IyXqf0WYYKFXN0=; b=OINfD3+3Vd2RGIs1e2A+h8XuGQq0/WSUBoFPVhKxX5ypTAXFc7XH/x4sNcUeYYj/Fw mK4/nQyycUmM7691BDkN5Rpi8nsrEnTMuXUxtJjtSLn8CmS6OCBn0r3knM1u4MqqtZxi /OiTUMIMLQ27HyVfJ7X4+Z0g61PCbWTG7VB9SJh+08eAOnw1MLVrPBWaBZkh/awbaR3s eTzdiPH9ocJsjrQsmEv5aJlRMSbHTjFUrU1QbJ5AWidiBpiItph+22tExvame0c4ebjg jzGNHOAqsDthYe+vLmGIpE4VHgyKHpU7dt2eIojMFzYd4sfBqsmytEhGxvyBNZRo5if2 D6bA== Original-Received: by 10.68.227.6 with SMTP id rw6mr23054159pbc.28.1336172549040; Fri, 04 May 2012 16:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.143.83.9 with HTTP; Fri, 4 May 2012 16:01:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FA44B0C.40807@cs.ucla.edu> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.210.43 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150260 Archived-At: On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > Supporting MS-DOS is like supporting K&R C compilers, in that > it's a minor hassle during development that benefits a small number > of users, and we have to estimate whether the benefits are worth the cost= . You yourself say that it is a minor hassle, and estimating the number of users is difficult. Certainly DOS clones seem still alive. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Juanma