From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ulrich Mueller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CEDET merge Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:16:56 +0200 Message-ID: <19137.13784.35155.279687@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <87hbun9jbs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19136.62172.620142.447740@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <871vlr7y3m.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19137.915.832493.655984@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <877hvisw8y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19137.5772.603657.943516@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> 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 1254176240 25080 80.91.229.12 (28 Sep 2009 22:17:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:17:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Rupert Swarbrick Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 29 00:17:13 2009 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 1MsOWq-00010m-Ke for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:17:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46553 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsOWp-0005yj-Vy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:17:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsOWl-0005yS-Os for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:17:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsOWh-0005yE-5v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:17:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43827 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsOWh-0005yB-2v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:16:59 -0400 Original-Received: from a1iwww1.kph.uni-mainz.de ([134.93.134.1]:60428) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MsOWg-0003cu-Ag for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:16:58 -0400 Original-Received: from a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de [134.93.134.92]) by a1iwww1.kph.uni-mainz.de (8.14.0/8.13.4) with ESMTP id n8SMGuGM016137; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:16:56 +0200 Original-Received: from a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n8SMGuXQ017854; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:16:56 +0200 Original-Received: (from ulm@localhost) by a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8SMGuER017851; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:16:56 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12 under 23.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) 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:115750 Archived-At: >>>>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Rupert Swarbrick wrote: >>> I'm no expert, but according to Eli, having files longer than 8+3 >>> in the tarball leads to problems unpacking the tarball on DOS, and >>> other problems on some versions of Windows: >> >> Supporting such antediluvian platforms is nice as long as it's >> possible without too much effort. But if it becomes too much of a >> burden one should reconsider if it's worthwhile (IMHO). > antediluvian. Windows. ;-) > Well, maybe, but on which of the platforms on which Emacs runs does > it have the most users? Come the revolution, we FOSSers can drop > compatibility hacks but until then, comrades, I'm afraid we'll have > to keep making allowances for those still in chains. As far as I understand it, the 8+3 limitation is only relevant for MS-DOS and very old (pre-NT?) MS-Windows versions. So users of recent Windows should not be affected by it. Ulrich