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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Subject: Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:44:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041016134407.GB9466@fencepost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jk1xfzt8fr.fsf@glug.org>

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 03:43:04AM -0400, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
> 
>    It seems that we could be more successful with this, and giving
>    up some control of the files and moving the into Emacs might
>    achieve that.
> 
> perhaps it's best just to write a blurb in some STANDALONE file
> that explains the consensus, and furthermore lists those files
> to be treated in this manner.
> 
> location of file is an indirect indicator of intent; explicit
> instructions are less likely to be misinterpreted.

Perhaps, but location is far more effective for avoiding mistakes in
day-to-day hacking, because people tend forget random stuff written in readme
files, but the location is in your face everytime you edit the file.

So, in fact _both_ should be done.

-Miles
-- 
80% of success is just showing up.  --Woody Allen

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-16 13:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-15 19:26 Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/? Simon Josefsson
2004-10-15 19:37 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-15 23:27   ` Miles Bader
2004-10-16  2:08     ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-10-16 13:52   ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-17 13:45     ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-18 13:58       ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-24 12:24         ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-25 13:13           ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-25 14:13             ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-27 10:47               ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-27 19:08                 ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-29  4:32                   ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-29 21:25                     ` Simon Josefsson
2004-11-01 20:09                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-11-01 20:31                         ` Simon Josefsson
2004-11-02 18:30                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-11-02 21:15                             ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-02 15:02               ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-05 10:16                 ` Simon Josefsson
2007-11-06  8:38                   ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-06 14:01                     ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-07  7:55                       ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-08  0:46                         ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-08 17:40                           ` Richard Stallman
     [not found]                             ` <54a15d860711081633k364caf30r3b75464be8a060fa@mail.gmail.com>
2007-11-09 13:40                               ` Fwd: " Daiki Ueno
     [not found]                               ` <E1IqbtM-0003DR-P8@fencepost.gnu.org>
2007-11-10  4:53                                 ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-10  7:07                                   ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-10 20:03                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-11  0:04                                       ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-11 19:33                                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-12  8:54                                           ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-13  5:10                                             ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-14  3:45                                               ` Daiki Ueno
2007-11-14  5:44                                                 ` Michael Albinus
2007-11-14 14:54                                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-14 15:13                                                     ` Michael Albinus
2007-11-14 17:30                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-15  3:08                                                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-15  3:47                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-16  4:28                                                         ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-15  0:23                                                 ` Miles Bader
2007-11-15  3:08                                                 ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-11  5:22                                     ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-10 19:53                   ` Tom Tromey
2004-10-15 20:05 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-15 21:15   ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-16  7:43     ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2004-10-16 13:44       ` Miles Bader [this message]
2004-10-15 20:44 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-15 21:06   ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-15 21:32   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-15 21:47     ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-15 21:52     ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-18  1:04     ` Miles Bader
2004-10-18 13:59       ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-20 10:27       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-20 10:50         ` Miles Bader
2004-10-20 11:22           ` Ralf Angeli
2004-10-20 11:39             ` Ralf Angeli
2004-10-21  1:09             ` Miles Bader
2004-10-20 11:32           ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-20 11:56             ` Karl Fogel
2004-10-20 12:38               ` David Kastrup
2004-10-20 13:06                 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-20 12:34             ` David Kastrup
2004-10-21  1:28             ` Miles Bader
2004-10-21  5:03               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-21  5:49                 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-21 10:05                 ` Kim F. Storm
2004-10-23  7:48                   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-25  1:02                     ` Miles Bader
2004-10-25 10:14                       ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-25 17:46                         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-25 22:41                           ` Miles Bader
2004-10-27 17:21                             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-28  2:21                               ` Miles Bader
2004-10-26  7:28                           ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-10-27 17:21                             ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2004-10-16 13:52 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-18 17:54   ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-10-18 21:36     ` Reiner Steib
2004-10-21 18:45       ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-10-22  0:25         ` Miles Bader
2004-10-24 12:13           ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-24 12:20             ` Miles Bader
2004-10-24 13:41               ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-24 22:18                 ` Stefan
2004-10-25 10:08                   ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-25 11:55                     ` Stefan
2004-10-25 13:07                       ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-26  9:05                     ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-26  9:26                       ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-19 16:45     ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-21 18:45       ` Ted Zlatanov
2004-10-23  4:49         ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-24 12:59   ` Simon Josefsson
2004-10-24 13:05   ` Move sha1.el and hex-util.el from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/ (was: Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?) Simon Josefsson
2004-10-25 13:13     ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-25 14:23       ` Move sha1.el and hex-util.el from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/ Simon Josefsson

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