From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Items in FOR-RELEASE Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:12:56 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87acsrfgwq.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1102364082 2161 80.91.229.6 (6 Dec 2004 20:14:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:14:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 06 21:14:38 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 1CbPFl-0008A6-00 for ; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:14:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbPPX-0006QO-7Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:24:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbPOC-0005db-3B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:23:20 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CbPOB-0005cV-7C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CbPOB-0005cQ-3p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:23:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CbPEJ-0003vs-Ll for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:13:07 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F00B8282B8; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:13:07 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D10944AC671; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:12:56 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 9D3FB8CA69; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:12:56 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Juri Linkov In-Reply-To: <87acsrfgwq.fsf@jurta.org> (Juri Linkov's message of "Mon, 06 Dec 2004 21:52:57 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-3.545, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 1.35, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:30767 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:30767 >> I see in FOR-RELEASE the following items: >> >> * NEW FEATURES >> >> ** Face remapping. >> >> Is that really correct? I feel like the first two are not necessary >> for the new release. > There is one reason to include face remapping into the next release. > This would allow to get rid of all face variables that were introduced > after the previous release only for the sake of making face variables > buffer-local (i.e. face variables that were added with the same name > as face names). With buffer-local faces such face variables are > useless, so it's better to remove them before the next release. Huh? What's your timeline for the next release? 2080? Besides, what makes you think that face remapping is a better solution to mode-specific faces? I like face-remapping but it's not a panacea. Stefan