From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [spiegel@gnu.org: Re: [Fwd: vc-annotate causes Emacs to die]] Date: 29 Aug 2002 16:36:39 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <8765xveuxy.fsf@wesley.springies.com> <20020829082543.D6FB.LEKTU@terra.es> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030606828 29912 127.0.0.1 (29 Aug 2002 07:40:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17kJuh-0007m4-00 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 09:40:23 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17kKQs-0005AR-00 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:13:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17kJw1-0002nQ-00; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 03:41:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17kJtf-0002hH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 03:39:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17kJtd-0002gw-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 03:39:18 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.214]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17kJtc-0002ge-00; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 03:39:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.193]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id g7T7d4G01696; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:39:04 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id g7T7cnI10782; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:38:58 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV-NEC) with ESMTP id g7T7aee22721; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:38:48 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id g7T7ads20025; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:36:39 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 7FF7036F2; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:36:39 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Juanma Barranquero System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <20020829082543.D6FB.LEKTU@terra.es> Original-Lines: 20 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7097 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7097 Juanma Barranquero writes: > Last time it happened, there was some talk about installing a cron job > that could delete such locks after a while. Why has not been done? Lack > of time, or a technical problem of some sort with the proposed fix? Usually it seems to come down to: * The people who have access to the machine either don't care or don't have time * The people who care and have time don't have access to the machine * By the time the latter group can get access, they've either run out of time, or stopped caring and of course * Talk is cheap -Miles -- `Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'