From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 585 invoked by alias); 24 Apr 2012 15:46:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 570 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Apr 2012 15:46:51 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:46:37 +0000 Received: from pool-98-110-183-154.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([98.110.183.154] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SMhwr-000OQ4-75 for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:46:37 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBBC113C076 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:46:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18fO8Z66FzBphue8MPwvxlR Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:46:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Updated: ed-1.6-1 Message-ID: <20120424154636.GB25600@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A6E685C19@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <20120423231645.GA7150@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4F95E986.4000208@users.sourceforge.net> <20120424143552.GA24900@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20120424150135.GL25385@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120424150135.GL25385@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q2/txt/msg00014.txt.bz2 On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 05:01:35PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Apr 24 10:35, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 06:26:00AM -0400, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >> >On 23 April 2012 19:45, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >> >> On 2012-04-23 18:16, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:44:23PM -0400, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) >> >>> [E] wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Christopher Faylor wrote on Sunday, April 22, 2012 4:59 PM >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I've made a new version of ed available for installation. ?This version >> >>>>> is a refresh from the currently released FSF version of this package. >> >>>> >> >>>> They're still updating ed!?!?! >> >>> >> >>> Heh. >> >>> >> >>> I was pretty surprised too. ?I couldn't believe I'd missed several >> >>> revisions. >> >>> >> >>> Who in the world still uses ed? >> >> >> >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/misc/dindex/sys-apps/ed >> >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/misc/rindex/sys-apps/ed >> > >> >The mksh testsuite requires ed to run successfully as well. >> >> I think Barry expressed my incredulity a little more clearly. >> >> I can believe that there are old configure scripts out there still using >> ed but it's hard to believe that people are still uncovering enough >> problems with ed to warrant multiple new releases. > >Maybe it's just some code cleanup to convert ed into a ful-fledged >GUI editor... Now that you mention it, there was a lot of commentary about transitioning to lisp in the NEWS file. cgf