Tony Mechelynck wrote:

> Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> > Patch 7.1a.001
> > Problem:    Crash when downloading a spell file.  (Szabolcs Horvat)
> > Solution:   Avoid that did_set_spelllang() is used recursively when a new
> >         window is opened for the download.
> >         Also avoid wiping out the wrong buffer.
> > Files:          runtime/autoload/spellfile.vim, src/buffer.c, src/ex_cmds.c,
> >             src/spell.c
> [...]
> 
> After a little hunting, I found this patch on the ftp server too (with
> README, MD5 and MD5SUMS):
> 
> ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/patches/7.1a/

That's right.

> Note: I prefer not to feed the email itself to the patch program, because:
> - my ISP's routers sometimes autoconvert the contents between 8-bit and 
> quoted-printable; and the latter make the patch program choke;
> - if I see several patches published while I was away or asleep, by FTP I can 
> get them all to where "patch" will find them.
> - the patch directory on FTP includes a table of contents, README
> 
> I notice this patch modifies one runtime file. This reminds me that runtime 
> updates are not always reflected in patches. Do the files in 
> ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/ (and the equivalent rsync repository, 
> ftp.nluug.nl::Vim/runtime/ ) apply to 7.0 only, or to both 7.0 and 7.1? (The 
> latest changes there are for a large number of spelling dictionaries.)

They are for both.  There are no (recent) source code changes that are
required for the updated runtime files.

> On thinking back, I would suspect they /aren't/ the same, since the
> first line of each helpfile mentions either 7.0 or 7.1a -- so at least
> the contents of the doc/ subfolders are different. So -- will runtime
> upgrades for 7.1 beta be always reflected in patches, or else will
> there be a runtime server -- and where?
> (ftp://pub/vim/unstable/runtime/ contains only one item yet: a
> softlink to the main "spell" subfolder.)

There were runtime files here during the 7.0 beta testing, but I don't
think they are useful now.

> Hm... I see a "snapshot zip",
> http://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unstable/snapshot/vim-7.1a.zip ,but it's
> more than 24h older than the patch, while it's only about 2h "younger"
> than the 7.0.000 tar.gz and tar.bz2 archives so I guess it's 7.1a.000
> in one big economy package...

It's almost the same.  I had trouble getting the CVS server updated, and
this snapshot went together with that update.  I don't think it adds
anything now, it was for when there was no 7.0x release yet.

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