From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:10:57 -0700 Message-ID: <48B5ED11.7010503@emf.net> References: <48A5BAD7.8030302@emf.net> <48A740CB.4050404@emf.net> <20080816213508.GA8530@muc.de> <87hc9ka8eg.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080817073124.GA1294@muc.de> <87ljyv5gy5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818101802.GA2615@muc.de> <87bpzqqk7b.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818210927.GD2615@muc.de> <87wsidnxqp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ljytkwpk.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <878wusz0v9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87vdxp27z6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87prnxe5hc.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <873aktck5d.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87k5e5dsvq.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <48B44802.1080302@emf.net> <48B5D5EF.2030501@emf.net> 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 1219879250 20728 80.91.229.12 (27 Aug 2008 23:20:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bob@rattlesnake.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 28 01:21:44 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 1KYUKS-0005TY-2G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:21:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36310 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KYUJT-0005WR-JF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:20:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYUJO-0005Vu-Ew for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:20:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KYUJL-0005Vi-W4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:20:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33499 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KYUJL-0005Vf-Qp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:20:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]:40644) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KYUJE-0003Vc-JA; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:20:16 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.75.128] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 37797288; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:03 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:103058 Archived-At: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > Nobody has banned any feature. The maintainers are simply stating > that such a patch would be rejected That is what I mean by "ban": a feature not permitted, by the maintainers, to appear in a release of GNU Emacs. > It would have been no different than rejecting a patch that would add > a login with passwords on ITS or file permissions... People hacking > the system would have felt that it would not improve the system, as is > the case here. > That is a poor analogy on many levels. Do you really wish to defend it? -t