From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Mattie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: gathering data on how people use Emacs Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:18:26 -0700 Message-ID: <20080325161826.20ea20b0@reforged> References: <20080324161300.191df4b6@reforged> <87bq531u1s.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/LwjFyQ46OCwJ4i5SyQL+sKj"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206487397 8717 80.91.229.12 (25 Mar 2008 23:23:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 26 00:23:48 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 1JeIUc-0007S4-Ex for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:23:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JeIU1-0004ke-4D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:23:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JeITj-0004Ve-7f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:22:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JeITh-0004Tg-Bn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:22:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JeITh-0004TT-6Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:22:49 -0400 Original-Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.233]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeITg-0006V4-P2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:22:49 -0400 Original-Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 57so3030766wri.12 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:22:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; bh=2FRU5zkA3IEl58N9X7NH7WUSoUOPdH8jABQCzsxGRUE=; b=rANo2tvSlaZ1W+mtZ6ak0HvOCXs34rceuLK/4GLac9gKJUUx0hxYm2WwAj2d9LjGi0+/x7n0UIm4/VmYO8LCYoWuYMOn7G4ZKC062cjjamwbPKT2ymo1dLNbjjWyvbwz8i3sV4LP4HZ1/8FANLI/UqDp2XCDGy9HrJ/TMPUcOuM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; b=SsIXlCFCEqwZFZ9uEH4HDEiMOgvKAnvIp9ksVRhmk2m31zASGEsnbGGngZrgKY2brVDeqDZ/PlqBcBrlUovN/JoKof0jwIBX/pu7balvb6DYrVUM3yOByW97Khlx/Y/qwWzQ1LIL/B8nbvXUoh8cTCxT172kFD0sJZ7xkrcclC4= Original-Received: by 10.140.142.6 with SMTP id p6mr3903830rvd.224.1206487367145; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:22:47 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from reforged ( [71.217.206.83]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z15sm18912525pod.11.2008.03.25.16.22.46 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:22:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:93466 Archived-At: --Sig_/LwjFyQ46OCwJ4i5SyQL+sKj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:31:10 -0400 Richard Stallman wrote: > Polling the users is not a matter of simply counting votes. > The most important part of the answer is "why". > What is the scenario in which a certain feature is helpful > or inconvenient? What aspect of it is helpful or > inconvenient? >=20 > Thus, trying to use better technology to count votes is missing > the point of the poll. >=20 >=20 well spoken. --Sig_/LwjFyQ46OCwJ4i5SyQL+sKj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH6YhCdfRchrkBInkRAuG3AKCgk3mpb51SVoyZfLdTPLhDA+b+lgCeKAz6 i4XBUlFQJBciHK14GeeF6Wg= =gZwJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/LwjFyQ46OCwJ4i5SyQL+sKj--