From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Be prepared for "code clean-up" in CVS head Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:06:00 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030304165808.4EB9.LEKTU@terra.es> References: <5x3cm3p0vw.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046811631 13844 80.91.224.249 (4 Mar 2003 21:00:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:00:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 04 17:10:14 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18qEyN-0005gH-00 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:08:55 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18qFHn-0002Mw-00 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:28:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18qExR-0004tk-05 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:07:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18qEx7-0004ne-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:07:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18qEwc-0004Yu-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:07:08 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.141] (helo=mail.peoplecall.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18qEvj-00047q-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 11:06:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [62.22.27.143] (jbarranquero.ofi.peoplecall.com [62.22.27.143]) by mail.peoplecall.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h24G60t01428; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:06:00 +0100 Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) In-Reply-To: <5x3cm3p0vw.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.05.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:12097 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:12097 On 04 Mar 2003 17:11:47 +0100, storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) wrote: > I think it is about > time that some of the (extensive) code-duplication between the X, W32, > and MAC ports is cleaned up. Cool. > So it is hard for me to see how > they can co-exist without a really MAJOR cleanup. > > If we decide that we DO NOT want to support such cross-GUI hybrids, a > lot more of the duplicate code could be cleaned up. [...] > WDYT? IMHO, the "cross-GUI hybrid" would be difficult to implement right, difficult to maintain and only marginally useful. I fear if we tried to make it work we'd be hunting redisplay bugs for years to come. If renouncing to it *helps* simplicity and cleanliness, more power to us. /L/e/k/t/u