From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The latest lisp/faces.el changes seem to break color-themes again Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:09:24 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87skqxw20c.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> <87od1lvxa9.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224140988 31481 80.91.229.12 (16 Oct 2008 07:09:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:09:48 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 09:10:48 2008 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 1KqN0O-0003il-Vu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:10:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52623 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KqMzK-0004t6-1k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KqMzG-0004t1-6P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KqMzE-0004sp-2t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59588 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KqMzD-0004sm-Ua for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:31804) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KqMzA-0003Ij-5I; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:28 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KqMz9-0003Bx-7W; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:27 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m9G79OKw029162; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:09:24 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:09:24 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:09:24 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 94166423; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:09:24 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <87od1lvxa9.fsf@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com> (Manoj Srivastava's message of "Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:01:18 -0500") Original-Lines: 23 X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:104547 Archived-At: Manoj Srivastava writes: >> Are color themes supposed to be supported? > > While I am hoping they are, the actual code that is made invalid > is immaterial: color-themes are on example of long-standing user > customization that is breaking. While user customizations are not > always going to be supportable, I think one ought to minimize such > breakage, since it is likely to be seen as regressions. It's just that I have a vague memory of color-themes doing some decidely dodgy stuff. (I haven't looked at in ages though) > In this specific case, this package is recommended on the emacs > wiki (I am not sure what relationship that hold to the GNU project). No relationship. [I like emacswiki, but the quality is extremely variable.] -Miles -- Generous, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.