GNU bug report logs - #20484
25.0.50; Directory tracking in ansi-term broken.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jacob Oursland <jacob.oursland <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 00:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #126 received at 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk
Subject: Re: bug#20484: bug#20202: Considered Harmful 73d213: 'Comint, term,
 and compile new set Emacs'
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:59:43 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk,  eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,  20484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  20202 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:32:08 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Maybe so, but I don't see any problem with that.  We just tried to
> > make the wait shorter, and see what happened.  We should try again in
> > few years, maybe the results will be better then.  Hopefully.
> 
> Waiting won't do anything. One should actively contact maintainers of
> affected packages. It's our fault, not theirs.

We already did.  "Waiting" here means wait until the old versions of
the shells die peacefully and people stop using them.
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