>>>> "Michael" == Michael Sperber
<sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes: 
    Michael> We've had this discussion about a zillion times.  I'm
    Michael> grateful for all patches I get, but I'll continue to
    Michael> insist that the XEmacs package release schedule follow
    Michael> the official one.  Once upon a time, this was handled
Hello Michael,
what is your official release schedule for a new dired package which
includes my patch
http://www.xemacs.org/list-archives/xemacs-patches/199908/msg00033.html
1999-08-16  Adrian Aichner  <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com>
	* dired-uu.el: Ditto.
	* dired-shell.el: Ditto.
	* dired.el: Replace "-c" where `shell-command-switch' should be
 	used instead.
or equivalent.
! runs the command dired-do-shell-command
is currently broken in native Windows NT XEmacs!
Adrian
    Michael> differently, and it ended in a bug and maintenance
    Michael> nightmare.  It's extremely rare that I can "just apply"
    Michael> some patch sent to me, so I really need to read and
    Michael> understand the stuff that's sent to me before it gets
    Michael> into a release.