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: declare-function in files from Gnus (hashcash.el, imap.el) Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:37:23 -0800 Message-ID: <200712022237.lB2MbNC8016800@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <200712011634.lB1GYCkr018222@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <87mysuwdcx.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <87ac27w4lz.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> <87u00eufga.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196635208 27156 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2007 22:40:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 22:40:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ralf Angeli Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 02 23:40:17 2007 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 1IyxTt-0006p7-Jg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:40:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IyxTd-00016H-Ad for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:39:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IyxTY-00012r-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:39:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IyxTW-0000ye-KG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:39:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IyxTW-0000xW-Aw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:39:46 -0500 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IyxTH-0006bJ-TN; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:39:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lB2MbNC8016800; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:37:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87u00eufga.fsf@neutrino.caeruleus.net> (Ralf Angeli's message of "Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:59:33 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:84515 Archived-At: Ralf Angeli writes: > * Richard Stallman (2007-12-02) writes: > > > But the point here is that people should take care when changing code > > of packages which are supposed to work with other Emacs versions than > > the one they are integrated in. > > > > It isn't crucial for the files in the Emacs repository to work with > > old Emacs versions. They just have to work in the next release. > > If those files belong to a package which is also being maintained in a > different repository and released independently of Emacs, this will > lead to a fork. Such files can just add a 1 line compatibility code: (unless (fboundp 'declare-function) (defmacro declare-function (&rest r)))