From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thomas Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:12:18 -0700 Message-ID: <48A1B662.1030905@emf.net> References: <570553.73339.qm@web95014.mail.in2.yahoo.com> <20080731093022.GB2886@muc.de> <20080801153128.GB13919@muc.de> <20080802171212.GA2138@muc.de> <48A11093.2020407@emf.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218554647 29028 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2008 15:24:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:24:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, dhruva@ymail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 17:24:58 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 1KSvjn-0004qv-QW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:24:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54656 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSvir-0005h3-F5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSvhm-0004nX-OG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:22:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSvhk-0004lT-W2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:22:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48684 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSvhk-0004lG-OB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:22:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.42inc.com ([205.149.0.25]:47094) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (SSL 3.0:RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSvhh-0007OU-Hq; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:22:33 -0400 X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.5 X-TFF-CGPSA-Filter-42inc: Scanned X-42-Virus-Scanned: by 42 Antivirus -- Found to be clean. Original-Received: from [69.236.75.128] (account lord@emf.net HELO [192.168.1.64]) by mail.42inc.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPA id 36739939; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:22:30 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060808) In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:102344 Archived-At: Richard M. Stallman wrote: > RMS, you spend a lot of effort thinking about what programs to > not write. (Just an observation.) > > We can save a lot of work that way! > That's pithy but not obviously true. An alternative strategy for saving work is to build better tools for accomplishing more with less effort. This alternative requires thinking about what *to* build rather than what *to not* build. -t