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Re: Rmail-mbox branch


From: Chong Yidong
Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:20:54 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2.91 (gnu/linux)

Paul Michael Reilly <address@hidden> writes:

>> Is there any reason not to inflict it *now*?
>
> Only that there will very likely be a raft of messages to the affect
> of "What the fuck happened to Rmail..."  My oft stated opinion is that
> we should commit the Rmail/mbox code immediately after a release thus
> giving us the maximum amount of time to fix Rmail/mbox bugs.
> Admittedly Rmail/mbox has been less buggy than I had expected it would
> be in the week or so that I've been using it.  Richard has found a
> couple of bugs, as have I, one of which was the same bug.  So for me
> the answer to your question depends on when the next release of Emacs
> is targeted.  If it is imminent, like in weeks or a few months, then I
> would advise waiting.  If it won't happen for many months, then now is
> as good a time as any.

The Emacs 23 release is several months away.  I would suggest making the
switch now, so that it can receive as much testing as possible.

Could you do that?




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