From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: package and testing rant (was Re: package.el, auto-installation, and auto-removal) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:52:36 +0200 Message-ID: <83bnodmxp7.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87a943umku.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ppcvm7fj.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87vbmndk46.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87wq72ls2h.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> <87k332lnn3.fsf_-_@ferrier.me.uk> <83fvdpn30d.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415728387 13836 80.91.229.3 (11 Nov 2014 17:53:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:53:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nferrier@ferrier.me.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 18:53:00 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XoFch-0002s6-TO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:53:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50065 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoFch-0005Ha-Jr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:52:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47509) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoFca-0005Gj-3c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:52:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoFcT-0002Ln-6I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:65458) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoFcS-0002LK-U7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:52:45 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NEV00100YN96I00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:52:43 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NEV001WFYZU5N10@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Tue, 11 Nov 2014 19:52:42 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176768 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: nferrier@ferrier.me.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 12:18:18 -0500 > > >> Note that there is a fair bit a pressure to *add* rather than remove > >> magic steps (the first candidate in the list is to build the *.info > >> files from the *.texi files). > > I hope we will be able to resist that pressure. > > Why? Having to keep the .info files in the Git is not good. Not good for whom? For users it _is_ good, because it saves them from the annoyance to have Texinfo of the "right" version installed on their systems.