From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/? Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:47:37 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097876910 13112 80.91.229.6 (15 Oct 2004 21:48:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:48:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 15 23:48:21 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CIZvx-0005aD-00 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:48:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CIa37-0002Dj-0B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:55:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CIa2q-0002Db-MY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:55:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CIa2q-0002D7-33 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:55:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CIa2p-0002D3-Tl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:55:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CIZvZ-0000lU-PI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:47:58 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CIZvZ-0007zt-00 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:47:57 +0200 Original-Received: from c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se ([217.215.27.65]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:47:57 +0200 Original-Received: from jas by c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:47:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qzSWGazSPAy/k0AjhQegWdJxGjk= 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28461 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28461 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Stefan Monnier writes: > >> One way I see it happen is for the Gnus maintainers to move those file in >> their repository to a new directory (call it "util") and treat them as >> "files which should be provided by Emacs but which we distribute because >> many Emacsen don't have them (yet)". > > I think that'd make sense. Perhaps even do a tree mimicking the > Emacs layout? That is, .../lisp/gnus/, .../lisp/mail, .../lisp/net/, > etc. Maybe even try to use Autoconf/Automake and its Emacs Lisp rules, instead of hand written makefiles? I recall trying it for Gnus when all lisp files is in one directory, but I have no idea whether it works when there are files in multiple directories. I'd imagine the autoload cookies might be a problem. Perhaps not worthwhile.