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: isearch multiple buffers Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:51:33 +0900 Message-ID: References: <87odfcggvl.fsf@jurta.org> <87myut77c2.fsf@jurta.org> <873awlidih.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> <871wc51any.fsf@jurta.org> <878x6a6ktw.fsf@jurta.org> <871wc15m2b.fsf@jurta.org> <87lk9ylkbb.fsf@jurta.org> <87hckk9uoa.fsf@jurta.org> <87abqcrq9p.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <471BE5D3.3050007@gmail.com> <87y7dwq7x9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87odepv21n.fsf@catnip.gol.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 1193201525 4701 80.91.229.12 (24 Oct 2007 04:52:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:52:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 24 06:52:06 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 1IkYDs-0008Oe-II for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:52:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IkYDk-0003la-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:51:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IkYDg-0003hT-4u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:51:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IkYDe-0003ek-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:51:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IkYDe-0003eb-67 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:51:50 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IkYDW-0003yI-3B; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:51:42 -0400 Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.50]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l9O4pX2G011651; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:51:36 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.20] [10.29.19.20]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:51:36 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:51:36 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 631DBB67; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:51:35 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed\, 24 Oct 2007 06\:16\:36 +0200") Original-Lines: 21 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:81621 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> The decision to keep or drop support for msdos 8.3 support should be >> made based on whether we want to support it, not on whether it's >> _possible_ to support it. > > Who are ``we'', exactly? Are ``we'' volunteering to invest the > necessary effort to make the support happen? > > And if I'm the only one to volunteer, why should ``we'' bother? Er, I was arguing for _dropping_ support for msdos, even if continuing it proves possible. Of course if continuing support proves _not_ possible (or rather, not practical), then obviously that's that... :-) -Miles -- We are all lying in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -Oscar Wilde