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: Package initialization Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:09:09 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87twt1dmxu.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <21931.51113.826895.663216@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <21932.20274.646021.600004@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <8CBE6AEF-13F8-4A45-9E4B-A7FCAFF39B19@gmail.com> Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c3c842bf7f1a051b534510 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1437419361 4888 80.91.229.3 (20 Jul 2015 19:09:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Helmut Eller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 20 21:09:21 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 1ZHGRE-00055P-3K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:09:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56893 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZHGRD-0005s8-86 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47911) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZHGR9-0005s3-Di for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZHGR5-0001CR-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]:34550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZHGR5-00019d-CO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 15:09:11 -0400 Original-Received: by lahe2 with SMTP id e2so40596425lah.1 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:09:10 -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=DwPHCm+pFfV04tOl2m5SBTLjYkyZrTh5p4vP4IY/KdQ=; b=WUiE+g3r1DmtdglO8ZwJWNZwD2skc16B3VoZS4TeuqKc4nAahLwcaRnYh1DTkAZAmN s1OR5BzonO/btIMcsP2N+9ClUoQF4vlI17r7S7+FXctZtXJC3Hh429VPJEYzzuvG4FwK tKOQgBqy2Puy5uRB7ibQcko84R8rlXrodw3PaFWcJfULLKJNJS6TPIYs1Fy+X21NKlzU Mon/SKU9Dbp1fsWSTTNJye5yWSCOI7KRJbn61pXRIOppXdcYoxtWoFyQbmiilrH42c2Y GDn52uDTERDEdOyknMiRLzMA2ymSm0IpabAAW6MGgw8/UXQ9HeRo+lEBTNscynAUJ+xU EEOw== X-Received: by 10.112.210.9 with SMTP id mq9mr29140514lbc.4.1437419349964; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.25.134.139 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.25.134.139 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:09:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: s4QSsR9l18hWwb3UlMdwKYG7NYw 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:188019 Archived-At: --001a11c3c842bf7f1a051b534510 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > I also don't understand why phrases like "probably ok" are useful in > this context. To me that sounds like: "it's ok for amateurs, who have > little knowledge about Emacs conventions, to do it, because the harm > will be quite limited, but real pros wouldn't do it because they are > aware of some obscure problem that might arise even if only with low > probability." There are no obscure problems. In this context, it means that probably nobody will be bothered by it. But you never know. There may be some user out there who gets enraged at the fact that they now have to add one line of code to their init file to prevent a package they explicitly installed from adding an entry to auto-mode-alist. --001a11c3c842bf7f1a051b534510 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> I also don't understand why phrases like "prob= ably ok" are useful in
> this context.=C2=A0 To me that sounds like: "it's ok for amat= eurs, who have
> little knowledge about Emacs conventions, to do it, because the harm > will be quite limited, but real pros wouldn't do it because they a= re
> aware of some obscure problem that might arise even if only with low > probability."

There are no obscure problems.
In this context, it means that probably nobody will be bothered by it. But = you never know. There may be some user out there who gets enraged at the fa= ct that they now have to add one line of code to their init file to prevent= a package they explicitly installed from adding an entry to auto-mode-alis= t.

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