Re: pop3.el itegration with netrc.el

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Fri, Oct 15 2004, Ted Zlatanov wrote:

> If password.el, netrc.el, encrypt.el, and pop3.el move to Emacs,
> that's OK but I don't have CVS access to Emacs source code so it will
> be harder for me to maintain those files.

netrc.el has already been "moved to Emacs" a long time ago.  This
doesn't mean that you cannot maintain the files anymore.  Changes in
v5-10/lisp/netrc.el should still be merged into Emacs (follow the URL
for more):

,----[ http://thread.gmane.org/20041010225828.GA31829@fencepost ]
| From: Miles Bader <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>
| Subject: Re: [rmail-mbox-branch]: mail-utils
| Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:09:11 +0900
| Message-ID: <buoy8ick7qw.fsf@mctpc71.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp>
| 
| Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
| >     Do you mean that a patch from a gnus maintainer would have to be
| >     posted to the mailing list to be put into emacs (unlike Gnus
| >     changes)?
| >
| > I mean they should treat these files the same way they treat all the
| > other Lisp files that are not part of Gnus.  That does not mean ALL
| > changes have to be discussed.  They can install local uncontroversial
| > bug fixes without discussion, just as any of us would.  However,
| > beyond that, they ought to post on this list.
| 
| Ok, that sounds reasonable, and workable in practice for my Gnus-syncing.
`----

password.el and encrypt.el (tla, ...) are new in No Gnus.  So these
files will not be considered now, I think.

Bye, Reiner.
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