From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs? Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:21 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1a4nuxknrk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87wr7sxsp7.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329065911 19932 80.91.229.3 (12 Feb 2012 16:58:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:58:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 12 17:58:30 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwckv-0007ZS-NS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:58:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59541 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwcku-0000Uz-Uw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:41122) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwcks-0000Uu-9w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwckr-0006tA-Be for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:26 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:40233) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwckr-0006t6-A9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:25 -0500 Original-Received: from dsl-67-204-2-91.acanac.net ([67.204.2.91]:61712 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rwckq-0005HA-P5; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:24 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 305146620B; Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:58:21 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:42:26 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 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:148512 Archived-At: > 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