Re: using libmagic in Emacs?

[joakim]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> I thought only relatively minor and safe ones,
>>> but this one seems to break that rule, at least in my book.
>>
>> It looks pretty safe: the first step is to add the Lisp API, which
>> should not impact any other code (tho it may cause temporary build
>> failures, I guess).  After that, set-auto-mode (and/or image.el, ...)
>> will need to be tweaked to also take libmagic into account
>> when available.  This should also be fairly simple.
>
> I don't think that sounds simple or safe; however, there's not enough
> information to know for sure, until Joakim posts the patch.
>
>>> Maybe we should simply decide right here and now that Emacs 23.2 will
>>> be delivered from the RC branch, and open the trunk for all changes,
>>> even not-so-safe ones?
>>
>> Yes, that's pretty much where we're at, I think, yes.
>
> Actually, if people want to start including more intrusive changes, I
> think we should cut a new branch from the current trunk.  This would
> postphone the CEDET merge to 23.3.

Please dont postpone CEDET on my behalf! That would feel terrible.

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Joakim Verona