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: Metaproblem, part 3 Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:31:54 +0200 Message-ID: <83y4qm2uz9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20141203142859.24393.98673@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20141203193110.GF12748@thyrsus.com> <20141203215426.GA15791@thyrsus.com> <87ppbzplcw.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <83iohr48kr.fsf@gnu.org> <83388u4bps.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417779120 17339 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2014 11:32:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:32:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joaotavora@gmail.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_T=E1vora?=) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 12:31:52 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 1Xwr72-0002Fo-H3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:31:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49857 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwr71-0007in-TW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:31:51 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39670) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwr6u-0007iS-DG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:31:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwr6p-00042g-C6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:31:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:61654) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwr6p-00042J-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:31:39 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NG300D00XA33Z00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:31:37 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NG300C0WXCPV280@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:31:37 +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: 80.179.55.166 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:178906 Archived-At: > From: joaotavora@gmail.com (Jo=E3o T=E1vora) > Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk, emacs-devel@gn= u.org > Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:21:29 +0000 >=20 > > Does it happen in private email instead of on the list? >=20 > I would say off-list, yes If that would help newcomers, it's easy to do. OTOH, doing that on the list has the advantage that others can chime in and make alternative suggestions or draw attention to details that evaded the "main mentor".