From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: removing support for old platforms Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:25:47 +0200 Message-ID: References: <200801050843.m058heaw011436@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200801061746.m06HkMPm017937@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200801062044.m06KiFbY023559@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87ejct90rl.fsf@kfs-lx.rd.rdm> <87ejctthwj.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <4782A0C1.6010203@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199766371 17182 80.91.229.12 (8 Jan 2008 04:26:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 04:26:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen@xemacs.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org, storm@cua.dk To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 08 05:26:32 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 1JC62o-0005XO-BP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:26:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JC62Q-00073y-T4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:26:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JC62O-00073t-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:26:04 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JC62M-00073E-0W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:26:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JC62L-00073B-RI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:26:01 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JC62L-0003hW-Fp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:26:01 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-32-211.inter.net.il [80.230.32.211]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id IUG20258 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 06:23:16 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <4782A0C1.6010203@gmail.com> (lennart.borgman@gmail.com) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:86549 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:59:29 +0100 > From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" > CC: "Kim F. Storm" , Eli Zaretskii , > Dan Nicolaescu , > emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > Kim F. Storm writes: > > > > > Dan Nicolaescu writes: > > > > > > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > > > > > > > Should we perhaps announce in NEWS the fact that these old > > > > > configurations are no longer supported? > > > > > > > > IMHO, that would just add unnecessary bloat to NEWS. But feel free to do > > > > it if you want to... > > > > > > Maybe it doesn't need to be specific, ie. it could just say > > > > > > * Many pre-historic machines and systems are no longer supported. > > > > > > (you may choose another term than pre-historic of course). > > > > More important, the list should be preserved somewhere, and a pointer > > to that list inserted here. > > > How about info antinews? No, not that one: Antinews is supposed to be an entertainment, no one will ever seriously look there for any important information.