From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65847 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: syncing from Emacs to Gnus Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:35 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196620791 15381 80.91.229.12 (2 Dec 2007 18:39:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 18:39:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Reiner Steib Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 02 19:39:59 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 1IytjT-0002S0-4r for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:39:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IytjC-0000eq-V1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iytj8-0000eb-Qc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iytj6-0000eL-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iytj6-0000eI-7q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:36 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iytj5-0002w9-Uq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:36 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iytj5-0006B9-8H; Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:39:35 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Reiner Steib on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:22:45 +0100) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:84492 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65847 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. You can propose a change in these files, or any other files in Emacs. Please propose it here, and we may agree to it. But that is not a forgone conclusion, and if we decide not to make the change, please do not put a divergent version of that function into Gnus. Meanwhile, if Gnus wants to support versions of Emacs before the next one, it will need some compatibility code.