From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Confused by y-or-n-p Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 02:29:05 -0800 Message-ID: References: <834kkcr1eo.fsf@gnu.org> <87k0t38g1z.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83czyvkts6.fsf@gnu.org> <87bleetirr.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87y2hhri3n.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83pn2tkfg8.fsf@gnu.org> <871rf7ippu.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83a6trg6mc.fsf@gnu.org> <83mtxqcauz.fsf@gnu.org> <83turva0y2.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11483"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rudalics@gmx.at, Stefan Monnier , Eli Zaretskii , juri@linkov.net To: Gregory Heytings Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 07 11:33:16 2021 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 1kxSbT-0002rz-Sc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:33:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47020 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxSbS-0006sf-Tl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:33:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxSXb-0002tG-5r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:29:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-pl1-x62b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::62b]:39650) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxSXV-0000le-19; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 05:29:14 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-pl1-x62b.google.com with SMTP id x18so3263613pln.6; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:29:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=qP29FQIl1dNrQMBhgH0dk9y3K1KHKwp3tEMup7yjJTs=; b=GZ50aES24/J3TZIvqicGvbF9hYV5SvUT9519na4m/3GaGkZ+zoKpNRFgUSHO2rpCak qPWFIeFgZ5h1DGfUKK8IyXR5eEjTCxNlpKr9lDIZtOt6gcWCgsepaZKOM6qY49AXDmzg wrTsUfobHfY+q3EV8noQqEhI7E6KmDqgcIBfPwAHkEAvwIboHxF9qU61rtUK0e+KdvXj hqQTDW6cGUoFQC/mE5eqrJ6t9zPmTdL5IeGis6oKZH7DjeoK2+Sx82ipDNIKtfJ6db02 wEwu5uSfnXydyvCKe3K1Gu5/GlhNaV0n/VzX8JW1MKmXIqqpfX66Uymv7ahqQDq2YykE p1aA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qP29FQIl1dNrQMBhgH0dk9y3K1KHKwp3tEMup7yjJTs=; b=NBbBwqG1i67xnoQViXsdhsVt93AI35sMsUDpbmEblAky/rpcGzy031Ni1pAAzOTN6T cv+nCRMlUP87qqGESTN/pwuqfMveMoOSoQVeiVYn1cFgKYCbYROx7bBAJ/t9U/q8YZm1 M9YBVclBCLPzCbpk0jFlfYsCcwEwI3uzSlrUdIjJ04AvUnk7FQdyCFP/jCxMe2koBJUy KCqPPmM3vmFDu31ubqYvF0YZYQZHRAE+X+Vs5NOq65OE4qQ8XUelvVICc1otuQyVWqVx 8jcRju4r5zrerZYk5ncXzMNnW3XgeCud7BZz5bYsl3WWHN+3s4R2clghWdviQlK0hvjF CI3g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530W0fygj1AbopeI8ozQZZ1J7p3OzDBgboDc9R524GQlwUYCFE8C vM/Uh39LA4fbxi7fgJHZdetLlQiF0iGVJlL31Bc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwroIlry9GUuDPrfGWPKAboaXeQQ4wibxWmVFeIUmIlBjLHttCqeDrpIxHhUdPxAYqQissCLNgjgaNSXDHWsQU= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:100e:: with SMTP id gm14mr8650806pjb.179.1610015346487; Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:29:06 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Thu, 7 Jan 2021 02:29:05 -0800 In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::62b; envelope-from=stefankangas@gmail.com; helo=mail-pl1-x62b.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=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:262664 Archived-At: Gregory Heytings writes: > Which previous message? I don't see reasons against such a guideline in > your previous message sent to this list. This is the relevant part: > But of course on occasion we trip up: we don't pay enough attention to > this aspect, or we take it much too far. Both are equally bad, IMHO. > To my mind, we need to take a balanced view. I don't see how a hard > rule (or even a soft one) will help us do that better.