From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/? Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:44:07 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20041016134407.GB9466@fencepost> References: <20041015200547.GB15360@fencepost> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1097934295 3067 80.91.229.6 (16 Oct 2004 13:44:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:44:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Simon Josefsson Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 16 15:44:49 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CIorZ-0006Pv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:44:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CIoyl-0004XI-Eu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:52:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CIoyV-0004XA-As for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:51:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CIoyU-0004Wr-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:51:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CIoyU-0004Wh-Hi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:51:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CIoqu-0005Ku-GP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:44:08 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CIoqt-0002nL-GA; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 09:44:07 -0400 Original-To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop 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: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:28472 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:28472 On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 03:43:04AM -0400, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote: > Simon Josefsson 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