From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Michael Reilly Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:20 -0400 Message-ID: <4868CF84.1040005@pajato.com> References: <87zlprvod0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214828452 8277 80.91.229.12 (30 Jun 2008 12:20:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:20:52 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 30 14:21:37 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 1KDINz-000844-BR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:21:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39890 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDIN8-00012M-OD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDIN5-000123-1K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KDIN3-00011b-K0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35102 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KDIN3-00011Y-EW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:37 -0400 Original-Received: from 68-191-253-210.static.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.191.253.210]:57530 helo=copa.pajato.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KDIN3-0005SZ-6i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (copa.pajato.com [68.191.253.210]) (authenticated bits=0) by copa.pajato.com (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m5UCKXKS021054 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:35 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) In-Reply-To: <87zlprvod0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (copa.pajato.com [68.191.253.210]); Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:20:35 -0400 (EDT) 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:100216 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: > Is anyone willing to help finish the work on the rmail-mbox branch? > I've bitten the bullet and started to work on it again. As I said in private email to Chong, working on this project in a CVS branch has all the appeal of trying to convince most of the readers of this list that vi was the right way after all. Sure enough, I check out the branch, do a ./configure run "make bootstrap" and BAM: ... ./temacs --batch --load loadup bootstrap Loading loadup.el (source)... Using load-path (/export/projects/gnu/mbox/lisp /export/projects/gnu/mbox/lisp/emacs-lisp /export/projects/gnu/mbox/lisp/language /export/projects/gnu/mbox/lisp/international /export/projects/gnu/mbox/lisp/textmodes) Loading emacs-lisp/byte-run (source)... Wrong type argument: listp, # make[2]: *** [bootstrap-emacs] Error 255 make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/projects/gnu/mbox/src' make[1]: *** [bootstrap-build] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/projects/gnu/mbox' make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2 I'll supply more of the audit trail if anyone has way too much time on their hands and wants to help figure out why the branch won't build on my F9 Gnu/Linux system. My wife is convinced I have way too much time on MY hands to even consider working on Rmail/mbox again. In any case, to head off more branch and merge grief, right now I'm considering taking an approach of doing a minimalist clone of the mbox code to my CVS trunk based workspace and call it Pmail for lack of a better name. The goal is to allow me to work on both Rmail/babyl and Rmail/mbox simultaneously. It might seem like more work but I have a strong hunch that being able to work on both versions side by side will help increase the chance that this project will actually get done. Now if someone else should actually finish this mbox work in the branch and merge it back then more power to you and you have my eternal thanks. And I invite helpful comments, suggestions, and/or encouragement, especially form both of the other Users who actually still want to use the Rmail/mbox library. :-) -pmr