From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs vista build failures Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:21:09 +0300 Message-ID: References: <36366a980807101702r5677d096g8e62ef5b3e278868@mail.gmail.com> <4eb0089f0807111217m66d6cf4el777c197c107ce034@mail.gmail.com> <87skug6tq5.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4eb0089f0807111345h13eccdds9b2cf43370b94074@mail.gmail.com> <4eb0089f0807121340x5e26f6dbve03ef50b238f3a3a@mail.gmail.com> <87k5fph5rh.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <20080713214648.GB1076@muc.de> <20080714195651.GF3445@muc.de> <487C5FA3.4070603@emf.net> <87zloggji9.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <878wvxxkn6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ej5oz4pb.fsf@saeurebad.de> <87vdyzxype.fsf@saeurebad.de> <871w1njq32.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87iquzxgtk.fsf@saeurebad.de> <4884CFEF.8040404@gmail.com> <48861A51.1090401@gmail.com> <4887C77C.2090109@gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217053360 13427 80.91.229.12 (26 Jul 2008 06:22:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:22:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 26 08:23:30 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 1KMdBa-0004WJ-Bi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:23:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45379 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KMdAg-0004PD-Jd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:22:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMdAa-0004P8-LH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:22:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMdAY-0004Ow-SY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:22:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41373 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KMdAY-0004Ot-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:22:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout6.012.net.il ([84.95.2.16]:46997) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KMdAV-0004Li-7m; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:22:15 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.112.15]) by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0K4L00DNLOBAYCB0@i-mtaout6.012.net.il>; Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:21:11 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) 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:101500 Archived-At: > From: Richard M Stallman > CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:24:16 -0400 > > > I see no reason to think such an effect exists. Meanwhile, people > > have told me that the fact that Emacs runs on Windows undercut their > > ability to insist on running GNU/Linux at work. > > > > Without some sort of demonstration I decline to believe that this > > helps us. > > Why do you believe the former claims more than you believe the latter? > > Because those people were telling me about what had happened to them > personally. So far nobody has reported seeing that supporting Emacs > on Windows helps us; it is just speculation. Someone already posted an opposite experience. And I've heard similar evidence from quite a few others.