From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On being web-friendly and why info must die Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:31:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20141205123549.GA29331@thyrsus.com> <2815659.zRQ0WWWeRr@descartes> <20141205175810.GD3120@thyrsus.com> <87lhmlncb1.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <20141205193643.GB5067@thyrsus.com> <83egsd3kyi.fsf@gnu.org> <871toapbh9.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <83ppbuxgxx.fsf@gnu.org> <83mw6yxeij.fsf@gnu.org> <8761dllwds.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87d27tk4j9.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87sigpk3zk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418088710 1631 80.91.229.3 (9 Dec 2014 01:31:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 01:31:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 02:31:44 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy9eP-0006Nr-3I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:31:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37092 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy9eO-0002d3-HA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:31:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy9eF-0002XT-Vs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:31:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy9eA-0005IQ-El for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:31:31 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:32829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy9eA-0005I7-0q; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:31:26 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy9dr-0001Rb-7U; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:31:07 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEUJExY+lbMYNjsPISUm U19frMMCBwk2d4vntSTGAAACHUlEQVQ4jV2Tz2vrMAzHxQy551B6DXIevZoI9q7Dc8m520SuZgef ty7B//6T7KQzT5TS6pOvfgf6E/OtFzvnnNfskTpIYtA/LCsJ6Lr0HzjdeFFQ/BFyfzrIWaIFb7sK vnuu7lsJtlqCI1RVnPh2yn2/7jmigtsRShTB7oImeX+eBbxWYFqwoCpqtV0Dzp7m7AkeOQ67+2HS HA2o2e8cYBYAmrpVrJxNDgNAF1N3gFLyx+vfvDoBEm2vqk54HebSORhItCuYWcFFx2scOUPtdBlx XoOfnHMwNYB5RQxBVoVDRGgEH35EG3wQAC1Yw11BCJOAJhTbgKMlAeitaRT8c58EjCGMHqemKub7 rhCNm2S1v0WFV1KFVCYgyz7PFXhpuwJ0RkDWI/jOCqgCRPcExalftw3fCAR4FAAKim0fm/+RAaL6 EegB8tuGROAKsDLg+QDLFUkiTFgA/QK+ikBC4R4qzLKdAoIAc4AJQjUBP0TOPZVIRbHbzO+GJldS FOkBAr9Ld5Kb1ASMD/BF4AVMlvZkB3gB8xVNEVCnYMSx5BiceXmAvW4hV7Y0DakCuTkgrWPcmBeP lkQB2qecrz6AFwEsQ7JGo+iVxgLosi1bRjtAjC6JX4FcKtEfXjh7PzwZcEZBUgBwCeu2BG3NlVNP UD8QLF5Xb7Wt+FzfwVTeUexAhqfb6Gj3xwLk3+ez/orxOaVGIU+ZLoE44+FP/wDXFe8AghAyZQAA AABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: Musette's _Drape Me in Velvet_: "Fine" X-Hashcash: 1:23:141209:emacs-devel@gnu.org::tzFX5V3Oi4rukJS4:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000003eU3 X-Hashcash: 1:23:141209:dak@gnu.org::TQmu64i9tFWppwVT:000000Adpf In-Reply-To: <87sigpk3zk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:26:39 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1Xy9dr-0001Rb-7U MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1418693468.00692@wbjd21uKSbY/CV0luA//ig X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 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:179510 Archived-At: David Kastrup writes: > How does it not scale? Do you think Eli will spend more time and effort > on your manual entries than you, and when you write twice the amount, > he'll have to invest more than twice the work? > > What does "doesn't scale" mean in this context? Well, as incredibly as it sounds, Eli is (presumably) just one person, while the number of people who are not Eli is a whole lot bigger than 1. So having Eli do all the markup for everybody who is not Eli doesn't really scale well. It would be better if everybody could do the markup themselves. (This is not a vote for changing from Texinfo, either, if anybody is counting.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no