From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New pretest tarball 22.0.93 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:13:57 +0100 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: References: <87hcuia6c4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170152790 31005 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2007 10:26:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:26:30 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 30 11:26:22 2007 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 1HBqAO-0000hu-2m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:24:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HBqAN-0005in-IC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:24:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HBqAC-0005ii-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:24:32 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HBqAA-0005iW-Jr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:24:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HBqAA-0005iT-GL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:24:30 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1HBqAA-00054E-3P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:24:30 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HBqA0-0002at-Sc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:24:20 +0100 Original-Received: from dhcp56.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.71.56]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:24:20 +0100 Original-Received: from ich by dhcp56.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:24:20 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp56.uni-koblenz.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U 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:65624 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" writes: > On 1/30/07, Kevin Rodgers wrote: > >> I don't have a working xdelta now, on Mac OS X (10.4.8). > > I don't think it is really needed now, in this time of high-bandwidth > internet connections, unless you happen to have a really slow > provider. I've got a 4Mb link from home; downloading the full tarball > is a matter of seconds... Remember that the situation is worse in less developed countries and rural areas, where dial-up lines are still common. (Would I live 50 meters farther from the telecom switching center, my best bet would be 64k ISDN. I feel lucky for having access to 384k DSL.) -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.