From: xenodasein--- via "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
To: xenodasein@tutanota.de
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can we give Eli a break, please? [ Was: Re: Development Speed ]
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:10:34 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MrYKbK3--3-2@tutanota.de> (raw)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-12/msg02223.html
From: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com
> You make it sound as if he doesn't relish the convo.
> Uninformed lookie-loos such as xenodasein do fly-by's all the time, and
> the usual suspects from this list take the bait. And why wouldn't they?
> It's much easier and more gratifying putting these unheralded
> know-it-all's in their place, than writing code and fixing bugs.
> I wonder if our maintainer wears a toga. He's really nailed down the
> Hippocratic Oath of "first, do no harm" (the corollary of which is
> "don't move fast and don't break things"), and his Socratic approach to
> answering questions by asking five more is masterful.
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2021-12-22 18:10 xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions. [this message]
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2021-12-22 17:52 Can we give Eli a break, please? [ Was: Re: Development Speed ] xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-21 10:52 Development Speed xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-22 4:16 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-22 10:09 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-22 13:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-22 15:51 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-22 16:43 ` Can we give Eli a break, please? [ Was: Re: Development Speed ] Alan Mackenzie
2021-12-22 17:07 ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-22 17:12 ` dick
2021-12-22 17:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
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