From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: tutorial or guidebook text for some complex topics Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:44:24 +0200 Message-ID: <85u01udup3.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <17725.18491.402400.96777@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17725.23223.572953.360702@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <853b9efb0f.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161675956 12455 80.91.229.2 (24 Oct 2006 07:45:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:45:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , Emacs-Devel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 24 09:45:52 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcGyh-0006VC-O4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:45:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcGyg-0006co-Ic for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:45:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcGyU-0006cT-7h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:45:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcGyS-0006cH-T0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:45:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcGyS-0006cE-Mb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:45:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GcGyS-0001c2-MS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:45:24 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1GcGyR-00065v-M9; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:45:23 -0400 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 805AC1C460D2; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:44:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <853b9efb0f.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (David Kastrup's message of "Tue\, 24 Oct 2006 09\:06\:40 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:61095 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > Nick Roberts writes: >> >> My aim is to stop `the real thread' as I don't find it appropriate >> to continually suggest tasks, especially complex ones for after the >> release, when you have no intention of doing them yourself. In my >> opinion, its a distraction for those who are contributing. >> However, I'm sure Richard won't agree with me, as the convenience >> of developers seems to come last on his list. > > If it is convenient not to hear about useful improvements, I would > share that sentiment. Well, I can't make sense out of that last sentence, and I am its author. Probably was supposed to be something like "If `convenient' is supposed to be synonymous with "not wanting to hear ideas about useful improvements", I would join Richard when he happened to not agree to bowing to convenience. Maybe moving on is harder for Drew than for most developers here, since his principal contributions _are_ suggestions and so he has little else to move to. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum