From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "T. V. Raman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#643: Battery update Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:10:05 -0700 Message-ID: <18591.33629.668029.124320@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <87bq04dbqc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <489B3C91.7010605@gmail.com> Reply-To: raman@users.sf.net NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218413423 20070 80.91.229.12 (11 Aug 2008 00:10:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:10:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 643@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, cyd@stupidchicken.com, mail@emresahin.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: lennart.borgman@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 11 02:11:14 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 1KSL0D-0008Pz-T9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:11:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57853 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSKzH-0006jW-TK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSKzD-0006h7-5S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSKzB-0006dT-DE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53731 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSKzB-0006dE-9P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:10:09 -0400 Original-Received: from qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.40]:59519) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSKzA-0002Dv-SA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:10:09 -0400 Original-Received: from OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.52]) by QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 0kon1a00d17UAYkA4oA74u; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:10:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([71.202.191.236]) by OMTA13.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 0oA61a00D56Ur8v8ZoA7Pu; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:10:07 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=2z1OXlWFAAAA:8 a=sqLpZ4MGQkd3SM1K3EQA:9 a=-RChfC8AA3aOUfF8oUysWHV-EW4A:4 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=9OHTkwyHC8cA:10 Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4A85812A4101; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:10:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <489B3C91.7010605@gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM alpha-479 under Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) x-attribution: tvr X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:102272 Archived-At: Define "OS". The OS is gnu/linux, not gnome or KDE -- those are user environments. Emacs is also a user environment. >>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman (gmail) writes: Lennart> Chong Yidong wrote: >> Even though it's the feature freeze, I think it's >> necessary to ensure that battery.el works at least at a >> basic level. Lennart> Lennart> Just out of curiosity: Why is it necessary that Lennart> battery.el works? Is not this information something Lennart> that the OS normally gives the user without Emacs? Lennart> Lennart> -- Best Regards, --raman Email: raman@users.sf.net WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ AIM: emacspeak GTalk: tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc Google: tv+raman IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/#emacs