From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: syncing from Emacs to Gnus Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:19 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196648746 25900 80.91.229.12 (3 Dec 2007 02:25:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 02:25:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, ding@gnus.org, Reiner Steib , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 03 03:25:55 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 1Iz10M-0000Y8-C4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:25:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iz106-00070A-2B for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iz101-0006xo-TC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iz0zz-0006wq-Ft for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iz0zz-0006wn-9t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:31 -0500 Original-Received: from tomts16.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.4] helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iz0zq-0005Gk-5G; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:25:22 -0500 Original-Received: from toip6.srvr.bell.ca ([209.226.175.125]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <20071203022520.VSQY574.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@toip6.srvr.bell.ca>; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:25:20 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah4FAI/3UkdGNcLP/2dsb2JhbACBWw Original-Received: from bas1-montreal42-1177928399.dsl.bell.ca (HELO pastel.home) ([70.53.194.207]) by toip6.srvr.bell.ca with ESMTP; 02 Dec 2007 21:23:08 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A213F7F61; Sun, 2 Dec 2007 21:25:19 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:35 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:84525 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65852 Archived-At: > (1) When enhancing some Gnus functionality, we often need to modify > Gnus files as well as library files. Example: Some change in > nnimap.el might need a change in imap.el as well (e.g. adding a > new optional argument). > Gnus depends on lots of files in Emacs. These are just like the > others -- general purpose facilities (we moved them BECAUSE they are > general purpose) which Gnus happens to use. They should NEVER have > been included in Gnus. In many/most cases they were written specifically for Gnus, so I cannot agree with the above. Stefan