From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rupert Swarbrick Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CEDET merge Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:20:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87hbun9jbs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19136.62172.620142.447740@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <871vlr7y3m.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19137.915.832493.655984@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <877hvisw8y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19137.5772.603657.943516@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254169381 4243 80.91.229.12 (28 Sep 2009 20:23:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:23:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 28 22:22:55 2009 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 1MsMkH-0008MK-HK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:22:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57865 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMkG-0008Tx-SX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:22:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMi7-0007mt-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:20:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMi3-0007jr-7o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:20:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55442 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MsMi3-0007jm-03 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:20:35 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:46205) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MsMi2-0000XX-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:20:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MsMhz-0007bl-OF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:31 +0200 Original-Received: from cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust910.sol2.cable.ntl.com ([86.20.35.143]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:31 +0200 Original-Received: from rswarbrick by cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust910.sol2.cable.ntl.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:31 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 35 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc2-cove3-0-0-cust910.sol2.cable.ntl.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:115740 Archived-At: --=-=-= Ulrich Mueller writes: >> I'm no expert, but according to Eli, having files longer than 8+3 >> in the tarball leads to problems unpacking the tarball on DOS, and >> other problems on some versions of Windows: > > Supporting such antediluvian platforms is nice as long as it's > possible without too much effort. But if it becomes too much of a > burden one should reconsider if it's worthwhile (IMHO). antediluvian. Windows. Well, maybe, but on which of the platforms on which Emacs runs does it have the most users? Come the revolution, we FOSSers can drop compatibility hacks but until then, comrades, I'm afraid we'll have to keep making allowances for those still in chains. Rupert (Who didn't write that last sentence grinning. Of course not) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQECAAYFAkrBGnUACgkQRtd/pJbYVoaorQP8D8w/cvdGFf106NC+/XqFA1mS lepxSItaU7fJ5VfNWmHSXDzXp0lrLL8m9uLiZxSmOSuhnTUgPeMOoajfat14aPbA ImOBk4Ztf8WZmgR2ge/8LvrvDAW2xh40dO0tYIJKx6BUsEgw0RmvVT8nsKwlcjya jaa5HeXpTgyr+dxDAlk= =XtAt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--