Re: XEmacs support will be discontinued for new Tramp versions

Michael Albinus <[email protected]> writes:

  > I have just merged the new Tramp 2.2.13 into the XEmacs package
  > repository. This will be the last Tramp version with XEmacs support.

To clarify, will the existing XEmacs code remain, or are you planning to
remove that in future release?

  > The reason is, that there is no benefit to keep this compatibility in
  > Tramp.

There is for (S)XEmacs users and developers. :-)

  > All new features which have arrived in Tramp over the last 10
  > years are almost useless in XEmacs, because some of the underlying magic
  > file name operations do not exist in XEmacs (for example process-file,
  > start-file-process), or because needed GNU Emacs packages are not
  > available for XEmaxs (for example, dbus.el). Most of XEmacs users won't
  > notice this stopped support, I guess.

My guess is that these things simply haven't made anyone here itchy
enough to scratch.


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