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From: gaynor@rutgers.rutgers.edu (Silver)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: providing features (summary of responses)
Keywords: require, provide, featurep
Message-ID: <Nov.6.02.36.50.1988.24980@rutgers.rutgers.edu>
Date: 6 Nov 88 07:36:50 GMT
References: <Oct.28.03.19.36.1988.2794@porthos.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: gaynor@rutgers.edu
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Ok, so I didn't solicit responses, and I only got one, but here goes:

montanaro@sprite.steinmetz.ge.com responded:
> Some time ago (4-5 months ago, last time everyone was clamoring for
> require/provide) I made the necessary changes and posted the diffs for 18.51.
> I don't know why FSF didn't pick them up.  All they had to do was run patch.
> Unfortunately, I've deleted both the diff file and the modified sources.  (I
> try pretty hard not to make sweeping changes to the sources, but convince FSF
> to fold them into their official releases.)

Regards, [Ag] gaynor@rutgers.edu