From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexander Adolf Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:40:48 +0200 Message-ID: <91bb3e347d5caed9487a2cd8e6d0db04@condition-alpha.com> References: <4be18b5f-dc07-2703-a2de-1ed08916ebdf@gmail.com> <1e340d941b6fd0b21a477f39fc935468@condition-alpha.com> <48e632cab427c838b1cc20a190f4959d@condition-alpha.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32008"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 25 14:43:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLn4C-0008C2-4d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:43:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42576 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLn4B-0007Om-3S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:43:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45246) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLn20-0004qO-Os for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:40:57 -0400 Original-Received: from smtprelay03.ispgateway.de ([80.67.29.7]:45575) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLn1x-0008Gn-GL; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:40:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [46.244.215.254] (helo=condition-alpha.com) by smtprelay03.ispgateway.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1kLn1s-0003Ft-UJ; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:40:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Df-Sender: YWxleGFuZGVyLmFkb2xmQGNvbmRpdGlvbi1hbHBoYS5jb20= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=80.67.29.7; envelope-from=alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com; helo=smtprelay03.ispgateway.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/25 08:40:49 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256419 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [...] > > Fully agree. Favourites can only be granted by registered users of a > > package repository web site. But there's no reason the reading of the > > favourites count of a package couldn't be read-only and anonymous. > > I am not certain what "favourites count" means. The number of registered repository users who have clicked on "add to favourites" for the package in question. Think of it as Facebook likes ("X people like this"). > If it refers to a feature whereby users can optionally tell the > repository that they like the package, I have nothing against it. > [...] Exactly that. --alexander