From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Cross Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Renaming eglot -- or at least add an alias? 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:296726 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > While I can agree with the sentiment underlying this, I'm not sure I > > agree with the practicality. The space of available meaningful names > > which convey a meaningful description of what a module/library does > > which are also not ridiculously long and are unique is actually quite > > small. Naming things is difficult. > > I am reputed to be good at that. nstead of telling me how hopeless it > is, which won't convince me, how about telling me what Eglot does? > Then we'll see if I come up with a more descriptive name. > No, I'm not the one pushing for the change. It is your responsibility to actually understand what eglot is if your going to argue the name needs changing. How else are you going to assess if any proposed names are appropriate? Besides, I included links which explain what it is which you could go and read as easily as me writing it up for you.