From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs?
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:21 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvlio8c7lv.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E58213E024ED45C69DAA91573D9198C8@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:42:26 -0800")
> Why is it important to make such a change?
Because complexity is a problem in itself and as maintainers our main
task is to try and keep it in check, so the code doesn't crumble under
its own weight.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-12 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-11 22:29 What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs? Glenn Morris
2012-02-11 22:49 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-11 22:53 ` Glenn Morris
2012-02-11 23:33 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-12 10:16 ` Chong Yidong
2012-02-12 15:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-12 16:58 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-02-12 17:18 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-12 18:17 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-13 6:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
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