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Garrett Wollman (wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu) wrote:

> Well, if you could get SGI to stick Emacs and Epoch on the next
> distribution CD with a big ``unsupported'' sticker on it...

Yeah, I suppose so. I can think of lots of good stuff that can get shipped
that way.

However, the questions often (but not in this case) come from someone who
is trying to port an old version of Emacs. Or, in the meantime, something
has changed: a new release of the compilers (which is what broke unexmips.c
this time), or a new OS release (which is what will break it next time).

It's difficult to keep everything up to date at the same time.  The other
part of the problem is that often one of us has to do the fixing (usually
in his or her spare time), and thus the fix may not be ready in time for
the compiler or OS release, even if we wanted it to. Then we are back at
square one.

I've submitted this one to the Epoch FAQ for now (assuming people actually
read it).
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