From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 19:39:15 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835yh3birw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmkOSptiAq5UL8ozjMn-+56quxMDqmHzzTDdJS=cB2hV6w@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Sat, 1 Oct 2022 18:15:23 +0200)
> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2022 18:15:23 +0200
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > What's wrong with using "Emacsen"?
>
> When talking about older versions of Emacs, it's just jargony and
> unhelpful. Better to say what is actually meant.
This is too much. You are removing words we used for decades in Emacs
development for no good reason. You think they are "just jargony and
unhelpful", but for me and others this part of our culture and our
history of involvement in the Emacs development. We treasure that
history. Right now, I feel like a chunk of my personal history has
been rewritten.
There still are "other Emacsen" out there, even though most of them
are all but moribund nowadays. But even if they were completely dead,
the word doesn't have to be removed. It does no harm by just being
there.
I think these changes are misguided. They go way beyond the
reasonable. Please don't do that.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-01 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-01 15:21 master 55f46cc77c: Decrease use of the word "Emacsen" in docs Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-01 16:15 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-10-01 16:39 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-10-01 17:26 ` Stefan Kangas
2022-10-01 17:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-10-02 0:18 ` Po Lu
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