From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric S. Raymond" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Introducing 'unrecognized and 'ignored Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:19:55 -0500 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20080103181955.GA23938@thyrsus.com> References: <20071228174512.66834830BC9@snark.thyrsus.com> <17EA38DF-BCC1-4565-8510-5DD10DD667E3@mac.com> <20071229114551.GD9794@thyrsus.com> <20080102021907.GA15494@thyrsus.com> <200801020445.m024jWU2008538@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200801031805.m03I5SBf022748@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199384435 9905 80.91.229.12 (3 Jan 2008 18:20:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@snark.thyrsus.com, harsanyi@mac.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 03 19:20:54 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 1JAUgW-0001OB-5K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:20:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAUg9-0006ZO-SS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:20:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAUfR-0006M4-5A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:19:45 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JAUfQ-0006Li-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:19:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JAUfQ-0006Le-CZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:19:44 -0500 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5] helo=snark.thyrsus.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAUfM-0006sn-Ul; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:19:41 -0500 Original-Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 23) id 14867830697; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:19:55 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200801031805.m03I5SBf022748@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:86003 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu : > So IMO, there's no reason to cling onto dired. I think there are some things pushing in the other direction -- consistency of interface, mainly. I really want to hear RMS's reasons for wanting to retain VC-Dired; it's possible he has some compelling argument I haven't thought of. Myself, I'm pretty near neutral on this one and willing to be persuaded either way. -- Eric S. Raymond