From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Artur Malabarba Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#20968: 25.0.50; Be able to specify the output directory for `byte-compile-file' Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 20:30:58 +0100 Message-ID: References: <23829743-922e-4304-8ab3-b762b8193860@default> <74y4iytdjg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83pp49zb03.fsf@gnu.org> <83egkpyvvd.fsf@gnu.org> <83si94xrcn.fsf@gnu.org> <55991ADF.8070208@yandex.ru> <83pp46wu2z.fsf@gnu.org> <5599450F.4050609@yandex.ru> <83mvzaws3s.fsf@gnu.org> <83io9ywop0.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1436124670 22154 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2015 19:31:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 19:31:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel , Brief Busters To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 05 21:31:09 2015 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 1ZBpd4-0008Mp-MC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 21:31:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47437 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZBpd3-0001PP-T9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 15:31:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60111) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZBpd0-0001PJ-KH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 15:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZBpcz-0003tV-Lj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 15:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]:35025) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZBpcx-0003sb-QF; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 15:30:59 -0400 Original-Received: by lagh6 with SMTP id h6so131984367lag.2; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 12:30:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=IPne8RQprOhdcncdj8blLHp2a/Y51evgmx8KarKQxe8=; b=y3kWxHcEQSMzc1+bTMIb/TJWs392XMMshdHiFf0mnsPVIX+aR1viGYSRuIj/lvnWct bPUOqrwqiw78FzZdGD8pEpn98wZUzI50H6MbWQA96cV2Z7Ig4HCGaoyAeByt0YnlFsnO FzXhsMYYZfguXsLCnpLy9BNS4HjsJiHRwxbpQNPl9m5Y32en6WPR4p2JFaHRq7T0S1Le /R013ZTdXooa3h87R4NL2D3qmSeT7uS0RXRDozXEguIFg/JJZ31DtJJ2R64jWJu/EiaI MOUk4FGdamuedrkRjtudxm0klGAGawabXDkc+8Fqf2h10SoaT9PxwowAVk0tDePuzNDj rrDA== X-Received: by 10.112.210.137 with SMTP id mu9mr41027236lbc.95.1436124659068; Sun, 05 Jul 2015 12:30:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.25.214.133 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Jul 2015 12:30:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: xDXXfJSywt-AXCb5rS3lxh-Sv0g X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c 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:187732 Archived-At: 2015-07-05 19:09 GMT+01:00 Stefan Monnier : >> Then we may wish to make our answers better and more usable as well. > > No, we can't: we can only reply with additional info, but we can't > retroactively fix our earlier replies. That's the difference between > a curated answer site like SX and a mailing-list like GEH. To be fair, that's the difference between mailing-lists and any online forum whatsoever. Being able to edit answers is a basic requirement for a Q&A system that wants to present quality answers that rank highly in search engines. Being able to edit the questions themselves is another one (since a lot of questions are asked very poorly, which makes them difficult for other people to find). Then there are the differences that stack-exchange presents, which are what make them standout so much over all the other bajillion systems that let you edit answers. Amongst them are the voting system, the moderation philosophy, the objective-questions-only policy, and maybe others I can't think off here. I don't think help-gnu-emacs should strive to achieve all that. I think it's a fine place for discussions, and an OK place for Q&A, but trying to be awesome at Q&A (besides being a tremendous task) would probably imply being bad at discussions (as is the case with stack-foo).