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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: problem with system_eol_type
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> Is there any good reason why Gnus uses coding systems of the form `foo'
> rather than `foo-unix'?

More to the point: is there any reason why any package should ever use
`raw-text' (rather than, say, `binary' aka `raw-text-unix')?


        Stefan