From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bootstrap from scratch Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 00:29:10 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200505051718.j45HIrFG002303@emr.cs.iit.edu> <87fyx11pm0.fsf@vera.springies.com> <87vf5xzdbb.fsf@vera.springies.com> <6loebpo2mg.fsf@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115332631 30002 80.91.229.2 (5 May 2005 22:37:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 22:37:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: reingold@emr.cs.iit.edu, Alan Shutko , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 06 00:37:07 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DToxs-000712-5l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 00:37:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DTp5S-0005E6-N9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 May 2005 18:44:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DTotk-0001Vh-B0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2005 18:32:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DTotc-0001RU-Jd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2005 18:32:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DTotZ-0001I0-Kj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2005 18:32:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.237] (helo=pfepc.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DTovR-0006pQ-78 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2005 18:34:33 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (0x503e2644.bynxx3.adsl-dhcp.tele.dk [80.62.38.68]) by pfepc.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id F174D26280D; Fri, 6 May 2005 00:29:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Glenn Morris In-Reply-To: <6loebpo2mg.fsf@xpc14.ast.cam.ac.uk> (Glenn Morris's message of "Thu, 05 May 2005 21:10:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:36735 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:36735 Glenn Morris writes: > As the comment says, it's necessary for backwards compatibility, and I > wasn't particularly happy about having to do it. I think you should add the following paragraph to the comment, to explain why "backwards compatibility" is needed: > > Loading appt.el used to activate the appointment package (in a > convoluted way, I think; can't remember the details now). When I > changed it so it did not, I had an email from someone saying he had > missed a bunch of appointments. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk