From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS file Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:10 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18375.18663.981150.252393@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87od9wt19m.fsf@elegiac.orebokech.com> <87tzjnvjhc.fsf@red-bean.com> <47CC3618.4030100@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204583511 28015 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2008 22:31:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:31:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel , Jason Rumney To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 03 23:32:17 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 1JWJCj-0005Nu-4Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:32:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWJCB-00017P-Ur for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:31:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWJ8s-00083q-Tl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWJ8r-00082D-Bw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWJ8q-000823-Rf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:16 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWJ8l-0004x8-LH; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:11 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAMcJzEfO+LKX/2dsb2JhbACtfoEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,440,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="15517514" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 03 Mar 2008 17:28:10 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.178.151]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id JZF40910; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:10 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1A0138279; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:28:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:58:42 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:91240 Archived-At: >> That lack of support could be a blessing in disguise. The only downside >> I can see is when adding new text files from Windows, you'll need to >> make sure they have Unix line ends before committing them. > And that's why it is not a blessing. You'll be exchanging a suit of > mistakes by a different one. Indeed, but I don't think it matters which set of mistakes we get. I do think it's important that the VCS we end up choosing supports Windows better than Arch does, but EOL-conversion is not needed. Stefan