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: diff-mode problem Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:22 -0500 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 1201729234 14334 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2008 21:40:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:40:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 30 22:40:55 2008 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 1JKKfh-0001IA-9y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:40:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKKfG-0003RV-1j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:40:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKKeY-00038i-I1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKKeW-00037k-TZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKKeW-00037g-6R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:28 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKKeS-0003SI-8x; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:24 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAKV8oEfO+J95dGdsb2JhbACQJgEwoAaBAg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,280,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="13421863" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2008 16:39:23 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.159.121]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id KWR52323; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:23 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 032947FBC; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:53:03 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:87808 Archived-At: > In principle we ought to fix diff-mode to cope with diff > programs that implement the new POSIX spec in a foolish way, > even though that has been corrected in GNU diff. > But that turned out to be difficult. So I think we should release > Emacs 22.2 without fixing that. Agreed. Stefan