From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Deprecate _emacs on Windows Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:38:32 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300826333 5749 80.91.229.12 (22 Mar 2011 20:38:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Juanma Barranquero' , 'Emacs developers' To: "'Stefan Monnier'" , "'Lennart Borgman'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 22 21:38:48 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q28Ln-0006I3-Tn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:38:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38524 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q28Ln-0003EB-CP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51859 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q28Lh-00038o-KD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:38:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q28Lg-0008UE-By for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:38:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:24342) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q28Lg-0008U8-6r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id p2MKcYsF007745 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:38:36 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id p2MKcWQP022144 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:38:33 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt003.oracle.com (abhmt003.oracle.com [141.146.116.12]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p2MKcWdg028537; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:38:32 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.50.6) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:38:32 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: Thread-Index: AcvhM1oEfkmwssZRQLuFsOUCdWGGVAHmoGkg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-Source-IP: acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090203.4D8908C9.014C,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 148.87.113.121 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:137540 Archived-At: Come on. This is getting silly. Now there is a _warning_ when you start Emacs with an init file named `_emacs'. A ***WARNING***? You have got to be kidding. Ridiculous. No doubt due to a pampered American generation or two having been brought up with extreme protection, from crash helmets for 3-year-old tricyclists to... what's next? Disclaimers that alphabet soup might accidentally spell out offensive words? This phenomenon is a by-product of a unique civil law system gone litigation-crazy. And the influence extends beyond Amerika, unfortunately. People everywhere come to think it's only natural to **SCREAM ALARMIST WARNINGS** at users about the slightest potential boo-boo. It's one thing for some company to issue such silly warnings to avoid possible lawsuits; it's another thing for everyone and her brother to act likewise for no real reason other than habit. Emacs need not fear a lawsuit in this case - and its users deserve better than being beat over the head with such silliness. When pseudo-warnings abound about anything and everything, any real warnings lose their significance.