From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33450: 26.1.90; NEWS entry for dired 'Z' is inaccurate Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:37:06 +0200 Message-ID: <835zwogpfx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <32297.1542771545@alto> <8z5zwqi91x.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <7j8t1mnppt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542962172 5330 195.159.176.226 (23 Nov 2018 08:36:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:36:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 33450@debbugs.gnu.org, mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 23 09:36:08 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6wY-0001EE-Q6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:36:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51015 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6yf-0000xY-3W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:38:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6yW-0000xQ-Lh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:38:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6yR-0003V5-SK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:38:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38724) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6yQ-0003IZ-GT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:38:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6yQ-0003Ps-BV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:38:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33450 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33450-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33450.154296223313079 (code B ref 33450); Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33450) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2018 08:37:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42982 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6xd-0003Os-E4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:37:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33868) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6xc-0003Of-TA for 33450@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:37:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6xX-0007Tv-6f for 33450@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:37:07 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6xR-0006ut-Me; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:37:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4633 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gQ6xG-0006GG-5l; Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:36:52 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:17:14 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:152705 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:17:14 -0500 > Cc: 33450@debbugs.gnu.org, mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu > > I think it was a mistake to make Z operate on directories, > and a mistake to think of to creating an archive as "compression". > > It would be better to use A as a command to pack and unpack > archives. I agree, and wrote as much in the discussion. But I'm not going to work on that any time soon, and meanwhile we should have our documentation describe what this command does in enough detail for users not to be surprised.