> Cc: 25...@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:45:43 -0800 > > On 02/16/2017 09:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > It seems to me that when one bumps into some code which looks > > incorrect or less than optimal, and one considers its replacement with > > a more clever code, > > No, that's not it. The idea was to simplify maintenance for the GNU > case, perhaps at some cost to MS-Windows users, but they are lower > priority so it is OK.
I'm saying these changes lose features for those users. I'm well aware that their needs are of a very low priority to you. I just don't want people to think that the new code is equivalent to the old one, when it isn't.