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23.0.93; extremely slow to open file on windows network drive

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Message #119 received at 3252-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Chris Withers <chris <at> simplistix.co.uk>
Cc: 3252-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3252: 23.0.93;	extremely slow to open file on windows network
 drive
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:26:04 +0800

Chris Withers wrote:
> Jason Rumney wrote:
>> There is nothing magic about automated test suites that makes them 
>> catch bugs like this. Someone still needs to write the test cases and 
>> configure machines, and in this case networks, to run them.
>
> I'll take that as a "no" then ;-)

Not quite a no; 
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/test/README?root=emacs&view=markup

But the point that someone needs to write the test cases still stands, 
as in a little over a year there are still only tests for the byte 
compiler's handling of arithmetic functions, icalendar.el and parts of 
newsticker.el

> What about a release date?

23.0.94 is due to be released today, but I don't know if my checkin was 
already too late to make the release.

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