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: Basic Bazaar guide for Emacs hackers. Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:36:34 +0200 Message-ID: <83d42zn419.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87skbzblp5.fsf@telefonica.net> <87y6log42q.fsf@red-bean.com> <87y6lo8zgi.fsf@telefonica.net> <87638sy5ab.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87tywc8u7t.fsf@telefonica.net> <877ht8eegg.fsf@red-bean.com> <83einfn77y.fsf@gnu.org> <87iqcrby8t.fsf@canonical.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259613591 17757 80.91.229.12 (30 Nov 2009 20:39:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:39:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Karl Fogel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 30 21:39:43 2009 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 1NFD26-0003Nr-8O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:39:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56525 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFD24-0004rd-JG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:39:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFD1H-0004dA-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFD1D-0004bz-Jo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42936 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFD1D-0004bw-HJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:57250) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFD1D-0001DH-4c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:47 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KTX00800VM1DH00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:38:37 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.213.252]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KTX0048DW097HA0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:38:34 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87iqcrby8t.fsf@canonical.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: 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:117995 Archived-At: > From: Karl Fogel > Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:37:06 -0600 > > is there any reason you didn't just make the change, though? These are largely a matter of methodology: how to present this subject to Emacs developers. With all the differences of opinions on issues like this between myself and almost everybody else that we've seen lately here, I lost confidence that such changes will be welcome. > > . "Other Resources" should be at the beginning. Someone who looks > > for a CVS-like way of doing things should not be required to read > > through such a long document to find the alternatives near the end. > > I was already planning to move the "quick start" links to the beginning, > along with some explanation. The other other resources can stay where > they are, I think. In that case, at least mention right at the beginning that whoever looks for something like that will find it near the end.