From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 25107@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25107: Acknowledgement (Patches to clean up ispell.el)
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:46:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOnWdoi7Nnw9PE0bkPeaNT8mB-wpwa_x9nErJ+mbqfdC576gTg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On 6 December 2016 at 16:37, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
> > Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 16:20:24 +0000
> > Cc: 25107@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > Why is it useful to remove this information? The documentation of the
> > spell-checkers themselves leaves a lot to be desired, so asking the
> > users to go consult it might not be appreciated. I'd rather add here
> > the missing info about the other spellers.
> >
> > Emacs is enough for us to document without trying to document
> third-party software. Since all the software
> > involved is free, better to fix it directly, and benefit all its users,
> rather than take on the burden of documenting
> > it in order only to benefit Emacs users.
>
> I agree with the general point, but in this case we are talking about
> mentioning a small number of file names in the doc string. Doesn't
> seem like a burden to me, and whoever put that information there
> probably didn't see it as such, either.
>
In that case I will add the information for Enchant. At least it is not
likely to change.
I'm not saying it is much of a burden, but it is the sort of small burden
that can contribute to death-by-a-thousand-cuts. I guess we disagree over
what the threshold is; in this case I'm quite happy to cede that none of
the locations we mention is likely to change as all the spellcheckers
documented there are mature.
I was thinking about someone using the result to report the version
> they have, e.g. as part of a bug report.
>
Version of what? If of Emacs, then that version information is already
provided by report-emacs-bug. If of a spellchecker, then that information
is still provided by the revised message.
Sorry if I'm overlooking something obvious here!
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-04 17:10 bug#25107: Patches to clean up ispell.el Reuben Thomas
[not found] ` <handler.25107.B.148087148014808.ack@debbugs.gnu.org>
2016-12-04 22:11 ` bug#25107: Acknowledgement (Patches to clean up ispell.el) Reuben Thomas
2016-12-05 21:38 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-06 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-06 16:20 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-06 16:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-06 17:46 ` Reuben Thomas [this message]
2016-12-06 18:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-06 18:11 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-06 18:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-06 21:58 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 0:55 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-13 19:07 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 19:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-12-13 19:45 ` Reuben Thomas
2016-12-13 19:45 ` bug#25107: Reuben Thomas
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