From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: nt/makefile.w32-in Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:23 -0500 Message-ID: References: <458A71F9.2050709@gnu.org> <458AFA12.4010700@student.lu.se> <458B0F4C.90909@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1166990042 29820 80.91.229.10 (24 Dec 2006 19:54:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 19:54:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 24 20:54:00 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GyZPu-0003y4-FX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:53:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GyZPu-0004E6-2u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GyZPi-0004Dr-IX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:42 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GyZPh-0004DX-0u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GyZPg-0004DU-UQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [207.172.157.102] (helo=smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GyZPg-00038k-KX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 24 Dec 2006 14:53:35 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id HYZ80143; Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:53:32 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from 208-59-165-113.c3-0.slvr-ubr1.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com (HELO ACS1100007992) ([208.59.165.113]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 24 Dec 2006 14:53:32 -0500 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:35:23 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) X-Junkmail-Status: score=42/50, host=mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=suspect(7), refid=str=0001.0A090203.458ED949.004D,ss=2,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.121/2006-09-27 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:64217 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I don't have anything to add directly to this discussion, but it would > help tremendously if people would put _explanations_ in the changelog, > instead of just listing the changes. > > No, no, no! Explanations belong in comments in the code. Ok, that makes sense. In this case, the issue is whether nt/makefile-w32-in and similar files should have DOS or Unix line endings. There are no comments about line endings in the file. Perhaps it should say: # Using DOS line endings for Emacs 22. We've flipflopped on this # several times; let's document why we make the next change. -- -- Stephe