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24.3; Comint mode sets a bad $EMACS

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Message #204 received at 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Emacs-Devel devel <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>,
 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
Subject: Re: EMACS=t Joy and Happiness
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 08:11:25 +0200

Van L <van <at> scratch.space> writes:

>> Paul Eggert writes:
>>
>> this is the most recent RHEL available
>
> You could have your sclerotic institution’s IT manager provide
> Enterprise RHEL for students studying topics as old as the hills and
> mountains (and they won’t change) and request them to “think" about
> the latest unstable Fedora or Debian or Ubuntu releases for research
> oriented experimental AI & CS “work” which are hot career topics and
> ought not to be held back by bureaucratically convenient RHEL IT
> hell. Ask them for what Tesla or Uber or Facebook or Google use to
> keep up with “innovation” before it is "too late" on RHEL.

This is not constructive.

There are even RHEL 6 deployments out there, because it’s still
supported until 2020.  There are people who pay for the privilege of not
having to upgrade.

--
Ricardo

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