From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: psainty@orcon.net.nz, 56510@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56510: Make some games obsolete (or just remove them from the menu)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:28:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lesyxxxz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmknD8Cv2DHZ9aVcpYQXGgWc1=MgFY7n=TgLHK92++2hCg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:54:45 -0500)
> Cc: 56510@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:54:45 -0500
>
> Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz> writes:
>
> > On 2022-07-12 15:06, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> >> Some of the games in Emacs look a bit dated. I put it to you that they
> >> are not excellent promotion for Emacs, and that we are better served by
> >> having fewer but better games.
> >
> > Why do they need to be "an excellent promotion for Emacs" as opposed
> > to "games you can play"?
>
> I was trying to be polite, sorry. Let me put it a bit more bluntly:
> they make Emacs look scruffy and antiquated, and should much sooner be
> hidden than actively promoted.
Aren't you exaggerating a bit? How can a game make Emacs look
"scruffy and antiquated"? And how can removing some games without
adding anything in their stead make Emacs look better?
If you (or someone else) personally don't like those games, you are
welcome not to play them. But why force your views on others in such
a blatant way?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-07-12 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-07-12 3:06 bug#56510: Make some games obsolete (or just remove them from the menu) Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 3:45 ` Visuwesh
2022-07-12 8:27 ` Phil Sainty
2022-07-12 9:54 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 13:28 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-07-12 13:29 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-07-12 15:13 ` Drew Adams
2022-07-12 15:56 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 16:23 ` Drew Adams
2022-07-13 3:18 ` Richard Stallman
2022-07-13 16:47 ` Drew Adams
2022-07-13 22:58 ` Jean Louis
2022-07-15 3:34 ` Richard Stallman
2022-07-12 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-12 14:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 14:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-12 14:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-12 14:38 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-12 13:26 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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