From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: =?utf-8?Q?What=E2=80=99s?= the deal with #if _LIBC and other non-Emacs code? Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:51:50 +0300 Message-ID: <83a8h4tptl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83fuqxt9dp.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1469544740 14086 80.91.229.3 (26 Jul 2016 14:52:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 26 16:52:16 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bS3iR-00019h-VQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:52:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40391 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bS3iR-0000jR-8p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41323) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bS3iL-0000iK-61 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bS3iG-0004qK-8U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:40884) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bS3iG-0004q7-4d; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:04 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1684 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bS3iE-0001mw-BX; Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:02 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:42:55 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:206152 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:42:55 -0400 > > > This code is maintained by glibc, where those parts are used. > > Although our version diverged quite a lot from the one in glibc, we > > still have plans to merge them at some point. So I think we shouldn't > > remove those parts. > > AFAIK, this code used to be in some version of glibc, but glibc has > moved to a completely different regexp implementation many years ago. Sorry, I meant gnulib. > IIRC gnulib was the last non-Emacs package which shared this code, and > AFAIK gnulib also dropped this (not sure if it replaced it with > something else or what, tho). > > So, my understanding is that this code is now 100% ours with no hope to > sync it with anyone else. I wasn't aware we made such a decision. AFAIR, last time this was discussed the desire to merge with gnulib was still there, although not the resources.