From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [External] : Re: fido-vertical bindings Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:21:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20210817000745.cpnevwj7anmarue2.ref@Ergus> <20210817000745.cpnevwj7anmarue2@Ergus> <87czqcw9x6.fsf@gmail.com> <20210818122558.cqhspwxrk3fmix4r@Ergus> <20210820022125.wfq6rluuxe5afofu@Ergus> <87zgtcqw32.fsf@gmail.com> <87czq8tju3.fsf@gmail.com> <20210820125137.qwdlfhjv5a26edgv@Ergus> <831r6o15bj.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39913"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: andremegafone@gmail.com, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, spacibba@aol.com, joaotavora@gmail.com To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 21 05:22:39 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 1mHHah-000A95-0s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 21 Aug 2021 05:22:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33536 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHHaf-0003sR-6Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:22:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38458) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHHZs-00039N-GA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59726) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHHZr-0003xE-Lz; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:21:47 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mHHZq-0005iM-Iv; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:21:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Drew Adams on Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:42:53 +0000) 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:272754 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > The whole idea or "internal only" is inappropriate for free > > > software, IMHO. > > > > Bollocks. > Bollocks, IMHO. I agree with your position that "internal only" is reasonable. "Internal only", in free software, means "We may change this interface at any time. Please don't call it. If you do call it, and your code breaks, that is not a bug; don't expect us to 'fix' it." That is a perfectly legitimate position for a developer to take. But please, when we disagree with someone else's opinion, let's not use a harsh word such as "bollocks" to express disagreement. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)