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: Should xemacs feature test be removed from url package? Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:43:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: <85fyrrc8qp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127836299 2694 80.91.229.2 (27 Sep 2005 15:51:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:51:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Cheng Gao Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 27 17:51:36 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKHge-00077h-W3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:48:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKHge-0002pk-AW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:48:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EKHdn-0000bQ-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EKHdk-0000Z1-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:45:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKHdi-0000Wf-Ir for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:45:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EKHc9-0008Sd-Ne; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:43:29 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46832CF609; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:43:28 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 140894AC00A; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:43:14 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E5B5CF69C4; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:43:13 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: <85fyrrc8qp.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:42:06 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (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=-4.847, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.05, 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:43289 Archived-At: > Sounds like a total mess for XEmacs developers any which way. Unless > some XEmacs developer volunteers maintaining for the XEmacs parts, it > is not likely to be much of a help keeping them. How about tagging > the current state with something like url_with_xemacs, then moving > XEmacs support out? In that way, if some XEmacs developer ever > volunteers to take it up at some time, he can just work on remerging > the branches. > I think that seems like a saner approach than letting the support > remain in head with an unknown and rotting state of functionality for > XEmacs. I'd rather we don't waste any time trying to remove XEmacs support. If and when the XEmacs conditionals bother us, we can drop them, but we shouldn't actively try and remove them for their own sake. Stefan