From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Leading * in docstrings of defcustoms. Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:52:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <8763mfsgks.fsf@speer.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1227514934 28983 80.91.229.12 (24 Nov 2008 08:22:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:22:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lute Kamstra , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 24 09:23:17 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L4Wix-0007f8-VM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:23:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58992 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L4Who-0005SQ-Jo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:22:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L4Wh3-00059w-5A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:21:17 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L4Wgp-00050O-1E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:21:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60503 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L4Wgm-0004z8-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:21:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:60719) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L4Wgm-0006SF-2R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:21:00 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1L4WFE-0002na-4y; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:52:32 -0500 X-Spook: rs9512c Dateline Fortezza CESID Baranyi Treasury keyhole X-Ran: M"V;k>BZM'JM}2ZZ}qC}e<"Af%lL4QNug#t:>cMnLFD%PFaL&TQUE/>(p%@l^oPjlP..@F X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:36 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:106067 Archived-At: "Juanma Barranquero" wrote: > It should be OK for packages that are not independently maintained > outside of Emacs (like org, tramp, etc.). I was going to say, why should that make a difference - they must all have come up with ways to do "automatic" syncs by now, or gone crazy. But in light of recent events, maybe not! :) > But such a large scale change is likely to piss off people with many > local changes in their workspaces. Only if it causes conflicts. I doubt there are many people with lots of uncommitted changes to doc-strings (or close by). I'd like to see the "*"s removed. And if it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly...