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: Changes 2009-07-15/16 in branch? Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1248399482 8702 80.91.229.12 (24 Jul 2009 01:38:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:38:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Adrian Robert , Emacs-Devel devel To: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 24 03:37:55 2009 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 1MU9jO-0001iG-8o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:37:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39743 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MU9jN-0008LP-OS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MU9jC-0008Ec-VK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MU9j8-0008Cs-Gh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35050 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MU9j8-0008Co-84 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:38 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:5201 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MU9j7-0003xJ-Qr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:37 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApIFAN+saEpMCrRU/2dsb2JhbACBUc8/hA0FhwuCTw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,259,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="42084911" Original-Received: from 76-10-180-84.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([76.10.180.84]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 23 Jul 2009 21:37:37 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0E766B40C5; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:37:36 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu's message of "Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:27:57 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:113077 Archived-At: > I know. But there are several peculiarities for the NS port. > * The upcoming version is the first official one for the NS port. > "First" means there's no previous one to care about compatibility. > If we defer these changes to the next version (say 23.2), then > compatibility problems occur between 23.1 and 23.2. > * I've warned these incompatibilities several times hoping that the > author himself fixes them. I don't understand why he wants to > break compatibility by keeping them. > And I don't think there's justification to keep the features I > removed. Of course, there are plenty of them to remove. I agree with all your points, but now is too late for 23.1. Stefan