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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 52400@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52400: [PATCH] Don't generate separate autoload file for htmlfontify.el
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:46:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83fsr0s8zu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=dZ7TNVCQAn6w5s0BwGDYjhoHRTqKM50t7OVCV9_y3FA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:22:12 +0000)

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:22:12 +0000
> Cc: 52400@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > I say why take the risks, however low, if the problem is not serious
> > enough?
> 
> Cruft inevitably adds to cognitive load.

But it isn't cruft.  You tend to declare something "cruft" too easily.

> We have a lot of it, IMO, so every little bit helps.

No, we don't.  Please don't consider cruft anything that you think is
not right; there's more than one way to skin a fish.  People who
worked on Emacs before us weren't exactly incompetent, you know.

> The problem is that if it exists, you will sometimes happen to look at
> it and think "hmm, why is this file here".  I think this is the second
> (or third?) time I stumble upon this particular file.

Just get used to it being there, I say.  It doesn't do any harm,
although you seem to think it does.

We have enough real problems to deal with.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-10 16:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-10  2:07 bug#52400: [PATCH] Don't generate separate autoload file for htmlfontify.el Stefan Kangas
2021-12-10  8:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-10 13:32   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-10 13:37     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-10 15:22       ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-10 16:46         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-12-10 19:45           ` Stefan Kangas
2022-06-05 16:24             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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