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Re: Should xemacs feature test be removed from url package?
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Should xemacs feature test be removed from url package? |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:42:06 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Cheng Gao <address@hidden> writes:
> *On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:55:16 -0400
> * "Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> climbed out of the dark hell and
> cried out:
>
>> Richard> Are the developers of the URL package still maintaining it
>> Richard> separately?
>>
>> Seems not.
>>
>> If that is the case, the only reason to maintain XEmacs conditionals
>> in URL is if XEmacs developers want to cooperate with us on
>> maintaining that code.
>
> Xemacs does not include URL package. It has only W3 package in its
> package system, which is last version of W3 (p4.0pre.47).
>
> After moving to Savannah, URL was split from W3 as a separate project.
> And then it's included in Emacs CVS. And W3 project in Savannah does not
> contain URL files anymore.
Sounds like a total mess for XEmacs developers any which way. Unless
some XEmacs developer volunteers maintaining for the XEmacs parts, it
is not likely to be much of a help keeping them. How about tagging
the current state with something like url_with_xemacs, then moving
XEmacs support out? In that way, if some XEmacs developer ever
volunteers to take it up at some time, he can just work on remerging
the branches.
I think that seems like a saner approach than letting the support
remain in head with an unknown and rotting state of functionality for
XEmacs.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
Re: Should xemacs feature test be removed from url package?, Stefan Monnier, 2005/09/26