From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#5813: remove __DJGPP__ version tests Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:35:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8339zfxjyf.fsf@gnu.org> <83oci2wb6i.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1270198587 18214 80.91.229.12 (2 Apr 2010 08:56:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:56:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 02 10:56:21 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nxcft-0003m6-J0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:56:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42068 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nxcfs-0003ux-8r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NxcM5-0000Kj-0m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:35:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59745 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NxcM4-0000Jd-9i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:35:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NxcM3-0000Ru-3o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:35:52 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:39843) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NxcM2-0000Rq-To for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:35:50 -0400 Original-Received: from dann by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NxcM2-00062M-M9; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:35:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <83oci2wb6i.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri\, 02 Apr 2010 10\:44\:37 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:55:42 -0400 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:123057 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Cc: 5813-done@debbugs.gnu.org >> From: Dan Nicolaescu >> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:26:43 -0400 >> >> Can you please also remove comments like: >> /* Demacs 1.1.1 91/10/16 HIRANO Satoshi */ >> that have about zero use now. > > Sorry, no. Not unless we are removing all the other "personalized" > comments, of which we have quite a few. Some examples: > > /* Rewritten for clarity and GC protection by rms in Feb 94. */ > > /* There is no way to specify the before_dot and after_dot > operators. rms says this is ok. --karl */ > > /* rms, 2003-01-03: I think I have fixed this bug. */ > > Personally, I don't like to remove other people's credit, even when > expressed in this form. But if we are going to delete all such > comments, I won't object. IMHO as long as the personalized comments have some useful information. /* Demacs 1.1.1 91/10/16 HIRANO Satoshi */ is kind of content free. [I run into those by chance when searching for -Demacs...]