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: smtp crap Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:10:55 -0700 Message-ID: References: <8739f4kzp3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87ipo0p1bc.fsf@stupidchicken.com><58C87CB9F44943A7BBE78F2D6B62A850@us.oracle.com> <1oty7gjn3l.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> 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 1318309880 8200 80.91.229.12 (11 Oct 2011 05:11:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:11:20 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Glenn Morris'" , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 11 07:11:14 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RDUcU-00055c-3N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:11:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41341 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDUcQ-00080W-Hm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:11:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49238) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDUcO-00080Q-MG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:11:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDUcN-0007rh-8U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:11:08 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:28747) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDUcN-0007rZ-3n; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:11:07 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet24.oracle.com (ucsinet24.oracle.com [156.151.31.67]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p9B5B4BP018263 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:11:06 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt358.oracle.com (acsmt358.oracle.com [141.146.40.158]) by ucsinet24.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9B558em005877 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:05:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt116.oracle.com (abhmt116.oracle.com [141.146.116.68]) by acsmt358.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p9B5AwpG004972; Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:10:58 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.50.234) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:10:57 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <1oty7gjn3l.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Thread-Index: AcyHutCVehmUc6y1QbuCWKI6YqQ8OwAGDsPg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: ucsinet24.oracle.com [156.151.31.67] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4E93CFEA.00B4,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 141.146.126.227 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:144866 Archived-At: > the use of yes/no versus y/n in all these prompts should > be consistent. http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=9074#41 And from the same bug thread, 3 months ago: "Why would we even think about mixing `(yes or no)' and `(y or n)' in the same dialog? Downright diabolical."