From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: position on changing defaults? Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:46:25 -0800 Message-ID: <200803090146.m291kPSg022192@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <200803050637.m256bXL3008361@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200803052230.m25MUORx001881@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <871w6ou4xb.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205027263 6626 80.91.229.12 (9 Mar 2008 01:47:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 01:47:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 09 02:48:10 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JYAe0-0006dM-PG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:48:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYAdS-0003fl-RD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:47:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYAdO-0003bp-7Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:47:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JYAdN-0003ae-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JYAdN-0003aV-Gl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:47:29 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JYAdJ-00007u-Hv; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:47:25 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1205631986.95452@VF23Tt4Cd0JAKuEQcZCHGw Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m291kPSg022192; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 17:46:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:38:54 -0500") Original-Lines: 11 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:91831 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Maybe we should poll the users about show-paren-mode. > > Polling the users does not mean asking them to "vote" and counting the > votes. Instead we ask them to explain why they like or dislike about > the various options. That way we learn how they affect people, and > with that, we can make a good decision. Please do that. How many questions can we ask in a single poll?