From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: does Calendar understand DST rules for past years? Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167172670 31547 80.91.229.10 (26 Dec 2006 22:37:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 26 23:37:50 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GzKvW-0005Du-3V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:37:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzKvV-0001uP-Bv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzKvH-0001sW-5l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:27 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzKvG-0001s7-QT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzKvG-0001s4-L9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GzKvG-0006yg-EI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:26 -0500 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GzKv5-0006rE-Aj; Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:37:15 -0500 Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Spook: fissionable TELINT Skipjack red noise Leitrim SSL sniper X-Ran: W-+E3,'TE7vUxa)+q>?%W2[BEKs-Ul^?0NA!bVw?RXk4S!xc{Vd6hee|p^<~r"?tvY$$]M X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:53:16 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:64306 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > (I see no need to document in the manual the possibility of > setting calendar-dst-check-each-year-flag to nil.) OK. Then no, I don't think there is anything that needs to be said in the manual about DST. Emacs should just Do The Right Thing (provided the system clock gets it right). Don't think we need to explain in the manual _how_ it does it. > Do you see any problem with that solution? > Any more that needs to be done? Don't think so. Leaving in the comment about holidays being based on current practice was good.