From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel
Subject: Re: Magic MIME
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:02 -0500
Message-ID: <E1JOmAg-0003Ia-Kf@fencepost.gnu.org>
References: <87prv4h032.fsf@jurta.org> <uodaop1pi.fsf@gnu.org>
	<87bq6ndx3p.fsf@jurta.org>
Reply-To: rms@gnu.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15
X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202788283 26203 80.91.229.12 (12 Feb 2008 03:51:23 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:51:23 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
To: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 12 04:51:44 2008
Return-path: <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
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 1JOmBM-0006U5-46
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:51:44 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1JOmAs-0007lP-OY
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:14 -0500
Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43)
	id 1JOmAj-0007hq-CY
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:05 -0500
Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43)
	id 1JOmAh-0007gr-Na
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:04 -0500
Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JOmAh-0007gn-IP
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:03 -0500
Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10])
	by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60)
	(envelope-from <rms@gnu.org>) id 1JOmAh-0006Hr-DL
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:03 -0500
Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67)
	(envelope-from <rms@gnu.org>)
	id 1JOmAg-0003Ia-Kf; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:02 -0500
In-reply-to: <87bq6ndx3p.fsf@jurta.org> (message from Juri Linkov on Mon, 11
	Feb 2008 22:59:38 +0200)
X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: 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." <emacs-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/emacs-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=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:88824
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/88824>

    Emacs could follow the principle of graceful degradation here: if there
    is no necessary external command or mime database on the system, then
    it will provide less reliable result that will be no worse than the
    current without using the magic.mime based file type recognition.

Unless that gets us big benefits, it is better if we don't use it.
There is an advantage in keeping Emacs self-contained.