From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: stefan@marxist.se, larsi@gnus.org, 15809@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15809: [External] : Re: bug#15809: 24.3.50; wrong defcustom type for `suggest-key-bindings'
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 19:01:16 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <831r5cr6er.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SJ0PR10MB5488B299CBAF6893A1D7FEBDF3A59@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (message from Drew Adams on Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:22:00 +0000)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:22:00 +0000
> Cc: "15809@debbugs.gnu.org" <15809@debbugs.gnu.org>
>
> There's a real, big difference between "must" and
> "should". And in general "should" is a weasel word
> and "should" ;-) be avoided in technical doc.
True for documents that specify formal requirements. Which our
documentation isn't. So this is an unnecessary complication, and we
shouldn't be bothered by it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-25 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-05 15:30 bug#15809: 24.3.50; wrong defcustom type for `suggest-key-bindings' Drew Adams
2014-02-08 3:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-09 2:14 ` Drew Adams
2014-02-11 11:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 7:50 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-28 8:00 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-28 14:25 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-24 23:32 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:50 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-24 23:34 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 1:29 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 1:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 2:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-25 2:43 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 1:24 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 2:25 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 15:22 ` Drew Adams
2021-09-25 15:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
[not found] <D0F524A8-6F43-4A73-928B-EC91FAFA2866@acm.org>
2021-09-25 13:00 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-25 15:31 ` bug#15809: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-25 15:24 ` Drew Adams
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