From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [mange@freemail.hu: grep-tree doesn't shell-quote-argument] Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:38:12 -0400 Message-ID: <87ejzmn1zf.fsf@mit.edu> References: <85mzeag7pv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145934988 7583 80.91.229.2 (25 Apr 2006 03:16:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:16:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mange@freemail.hu, rms@gnu.org, "Kim F. Storm" , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 25 05:16:25 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYE2K-0005yI-HT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:16:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FYE2J-0001Nu-T4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:16:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FY7p1-0007FA-BB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:38:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FY7oy-0007DL-C8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:38:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FY7oy-0007DB-5w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:38:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [18.19.6.82] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FY7rD-0002ym-OL; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:40:32 -0400 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 524821207B5; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:38:12 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: <85mzeag7pv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:16:12 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:16:11 -0400 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:53362 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: >> We can consider changes like this after the release. > > Not really, since it does not make sense to introduce a separate > grep-tree in a single release, only to fold it into grep-find > afterwards. > > Whether or not we finally agree on the change (and pretty much > everybody except you appears to consider it an improvement), we can > sensibly _consider_ it only _before_ the release. Because otherwise > the release will _introduce_ grep-tree for the first time. I, for one, would prefer to defer the grep-tree changes until after the release. We can always extend grep-tree and, if it proves to be much better, make grep-find obsolete --- *later*. That's the whole point of a release process (notwithstanding the fact that it hasn't exactly been followed very well).