From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
To: nipponpost@airmail.cc
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs
<bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+nipponpost=airmail.cc@gnu.org>,
rms@gnu.org, 38002@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38002: Please remove this joke
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 09:52:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871ruqacdj.fsf@mbork.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <25b7c44fa4a0886a2c977a51c26dc1e0@airmail.cc>
On 2019-11-01, at 21:30, nipponpost@airmail.cc wrote:
> A joke is not a bug: it has /absolutely/ nothing to do with the
> operation of the software; it isn't even /part/ of the software.
The Emacs manual explicitly claims that unclear documentation is a bug
(in the docs). I think that you can say the same about a bad joke.
Fun fact: I am currently writing a book (a pretty serious textbook on
advanced mathematics, by three authors), and I've put a fair share of
jokes in it. A reviewer asked to remove one of them. I was slightly
sad, but I did it without much hesitation. (Though both the reviewer
and me agreed that it was not _bad_ per se.)
> What it is, is a makers' mark.
> A signature.
> A piece of the author.
> "This is me, this is part of my personality"
You could apply exactly the same words to some bugs. Yet, we remove
them.
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-02 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-31 14:29 bug#38002: Please remove this joke Cecilio Pardo
2019-10-31 15:46 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-31 16:22 ` Marcin Borkowski
2019-10-31 20:24 ` Robert Pluim
2019-10-31 16:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-10-31 19:24 ` Glenn Morris
2019-10-31 23:12 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-11-01 0:40 ` nipponpost
2019-11-01 13:15 ` Filipp Gunbin
2019-11-01 14:29 ` Richard Stallman
2019-11-01 15:24 ` nipponpost
2019-11-01 16:23 ` Marcin Borkowski
2019-11-01 20:13 ` cpardo
2019-11-01 23:13 ` nipponpost
2019-11-02 8:46 ` Marcin Borkowski
[not found] ` <237201ce8334abb8f7dfb4612ed9db08@airmail.cc>
2019-11-03 13:21 ` Richard Stallman
2019-11-01 20:30 ` nipponpost
2019-11-02 8:52 ` Marcin Borkowski [this message]
2019-11-01 16:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-11-01 23:25 ` nipponpost
2019-11-02 2:14 ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-11-02 15:57 ` nipponpost
2019-11-01 2:22 ` Richard Stallman
2019-11-01 12:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
[not found] ` <mailman.425.1572711186.13325.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2019-11-02 21:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2019-11-03 16:45 ` bug#38002: Please remove this joke - Informing of legal rights is not a threat - 35 year copyright recovery for non-works-for-hire nipponpost
2019-11-03 17:01 ` bug#38002: Please remove this joke Lars Ingebrigtsen
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