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: newsticker-*.el files Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:21:25 +0900 Message-ID: References: <200806082201.m58M142d000380@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <484C6EC0.8010703@harpegolden.net> 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 1212999975 25014 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2008 08:26:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:26:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ulf.jasper@web.de, dann@ics.uci.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org, David De La Harpe Golden To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 09 10:26:58 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 1K5ciM-0003GF-Qe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:26:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46800 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5chZ-0000bQ-Ih for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5cez-0007eq-Ch for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:23:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K5cey-0007eO-5Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57687 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K5cex-0007eI-UE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:64572) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K5cd5-0007fY-O5; Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m598LHQK013264; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:21:25 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:21:25 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:21:25 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 9386F468; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:21:25 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:13:14 +0300") Original-Lines: 19 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:98779 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> No I don't really think emacs should worry too much about MSDOS support >> all the same > > Neither do I. No one expends any effort whatsoever on the DOS port > except myself, for a very long time now. I really don't understand > the knee-jerk reaction this causes some people whenever I ask to > rename a bunch of files I think the reason is pretty simple actually: People don't like the resulting naming restrictions, especially given that there's at least a perception (I don't have any hard data) that MSDOS is essentially dead (there are no doubt industrial controllers and the like that still use MSDOS or some derivative, but they're not a likely target for Emacs). -Miles -- Liberty, n. One of imagination's most precious possessions.