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: arc-lzh-exe.el -- archive-mode on lzh self-extracting exes Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:44:47 -0400 Message-ID: <87irbqhdi8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87zm5etm0r.fsf@zip.com.au> <87tzvitz4z.fsf@zip.com.au> <87mz1516p8.fsf@zip.com.au> <87odljq5l2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177108976 31514 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2007 22:42:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: user42@zip.com.au, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 21 00:42:50 2007 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 1Hf1oW-0007mt-TO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:42:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hf1td-0006Pc-AR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:48:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hf1ta-0006PX-DJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:48:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hf1tY-0006PK-4i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:48:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hf1tY-0006PH-1e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:48:00 -0400 Original-Received: from cyd.mit.edu ([18.19.1.138]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hf1oQ-000083-GG; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:42:42 -0400 Original-Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A151A4E68E; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:44:47 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri\, 20 Apr 2007 17\:53\:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: 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:69720 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I installed the arc-mode.el and mule.el changes. Could we put off the > changes to auto-mode-alist till after the release? > > If that change is to simply recognize a new kind of archive, why delay > it? Since magic-mode-alist is called for *every* file opened in Emacs, an error in any function we add to it can lead to a non-localized bug. With the parts that are currently installed, a user can manually call archive-mode, so it's hardly a major inconvenience.