From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: etags name collision. Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87czhnvhgc.fsf@igel.home> References: <20220411124736.3qijvtearh6wlen7.ref@Ergus> <20220411124736.3qijvtearh6wlen7@Ergus> <83pmln69n0.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37937"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Ergus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 11 16:22:05 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nduvc-0009dN-SI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:22:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37284 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nduvb-0006vS-Ie for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:22:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58078) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nduoi-0002Is-Ar for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:14:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:40634) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ndukh-0008O5-B9; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 10:10:49 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4KcW3S24Vxz1sB71; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:44 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4KcW3S1n9qz1rW1h; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:44 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id U9wQ5bnuyBJS; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: dbR2H73eOZxpNRI/gyyc3uDnDszQihchrhmBVbwlbvXz39F9DFqSGJ3jHlrDdJWu Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-161-235.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.161.235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 167602C3686; Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:10:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Eisenhower!! Your mimeograph machine upsets my stomach!! In-Reply-To: <83pmln69n0.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:18:43 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1; envelope-from=whitebox@nefkom.net; helo=mail-out.m-online.net X-Spam_score_int: -23 X-Spam_score: -2.4 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:288210 Archived-At: On Apr 11 2022, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > It's the other way around: ctags was a very old Unix program, and > Emacs developed a GNU version of that program. Universal ctags came > much later. So you should ask them why did they decide to use a name > that was already taken. They are both implementation of the POSIX utility ctags, with extensions. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."