From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: About `--' (was Re: filenotify.el) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:39:30 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87d2ra9z4x.fsf@gmx.de> <1383316.4Bc292dOgY@descartes> <87vc52yq04.fsf@gmx.de> <4199085.Bycd8r9Vun@descartes> <8761x12x4k.fsf@gmx.de> <878v1x71lb.fsf_-_@rosalinde.fritz.box> <87obas5wke.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372297178 3084 80.91.229.3 (27 Jun 2013 01:39:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:39:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=FCdiger?= Sonderfeld , Michael Albinus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 27 03:39:38 2013 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 1Us1BQ-0002LE-Co for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 03:39:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33027 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Us1BQ-0002rR-0u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:39:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54513) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Us1BM-0002rM-Rc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:39:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Us1BM-0004kU-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:39:32 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:13573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Us1BL-0004kQ-UK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:39:31 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFMCppA/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjEAs0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA6R6gV6DEw X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFMCppA/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjEAs0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA6R6gV6DEw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="17262816" Original-Received: from 76-10-154-64.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO fmsmemgm.homelinux.net) ([76.10.154.64]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 26 Jun 2013 21:39:25 -0400 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id EA6FEAE34D; Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:39:30 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87obas5wke.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box> (Stephen Berman's message of "Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:36:17 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 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:161121 Archived-At: >>> Second, "not meant to be used by other packages" is too vague for me to >>> feel confident about how to apply it. For example, in the new version >> It means that something defined with "--" can completely change (or >> disappear) from one release to the other. > Can I borrow your crystal ball before the next release? Sure, I'll put it on GNU ELPA, so everyone can benefit, Stefan