From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Manual topics to remove? Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:55:59 +1300 Message-ID: <17429.16815.473389.71244@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <87d5grwgtc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <17428.40887.187946.405406@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87veuji44y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142276107 26347 80.91.229.2 (13 Mar 2006 18:55:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 13 19:55:02 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIs5I-0004hI-3q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:48:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIs5H-0004By-BT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:47:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIjny-0003ok-Ut for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:57:34 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FIjnx-0003oY-BW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:57:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FIjnx-0003oV-7B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 04:57:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FIjrm-0007it-Jv; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:01:30 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-114-245.snap.net.nz [202.124.114.245]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51BB9746CD1; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:57:20 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 3F68D88E4; Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:56:00 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: "Miles Bader" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.3.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:51569 Archived-At: > > > I think it could cause resentment to suggest removing chapters that > > > others have contributed. I wonder if it's possible to count page hits > > > on the online version at www.gnu.org and generally remove those > > > chapters that receive the least hits? > > > > Well, they are only being moved to emacs-xtras, not deleted. But it appears that emacs-xtras is not being distributed with Emacs which will reduce its reach considerably. If the size of the printed manual is the main concern (I'm only guessing), then perhaps emacs-xtras could be distributed too. Then the distinction wouldn't be so great and stuff could be moved across more freely. > In any case, it seems silly to avoid doing necessary pruning because > of some vague fear of offending somebody. I've not suggested not doing it, but just not doing it in an arbitrary manner. In any case, in my experience, Emacs development has never seemed to worry about offending somebody - quite the opposite, in fact! Nick