Re: executable-find in files.el

[Richard Stallman]

    One could argue that just calling `process-file' should be
    sufficient. But it isn't for packages which still want to support
    Emacs 21.

Backwards-compatibility is nice, but it is not the most important
thing.

    >     If `call-process' would be able to handle remote
    >     commands,
    >
    > I cannot envision any way in which that could make sense.  I have no
    > idea what it would mean for `call-process' to "handle" remote
    > commands.

    "handle commands to be executed on a remote host".

What call-process does is run a program with given arguments.
How would it run this program on a remote host?

Perhaps using ssh.  But if you want to use ssh, you can do that now.
You can invoke ssh to run a command on a remote host.

So what really is the new feature that you want?
I don't follow the idea.

WHat would that mean?  How in the world can call-process
run the pro