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* ack.texi
@ 2008-12-18  2:57 Glenn Morris
  2008-12-18  5:17 ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
  2008-12-19  7:33 ` ack.texi Richard M Stallman
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From: Glenn Morris @ 2008-12-18  2:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel


What is the policy on things in ack.texi that are no longer part of
Emacs? Maybe collect them all in a separate section?




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-18  2:57 ack.texi Glenn Morris
@ 2008-12-18  5:17 ` Glenn Morris
  2008-12-18  6:52   ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
  2008-12-18 19:48   ` ack.texi Eli Zaretskii
  2008-12-19  7:33 ` ack.texi Richard M Stallman
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2008-12-18  5:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel


Come to think of, is ack.texi really necessary, given that etc/AUTHORS
exists? AFAICS, the former is just a less complete, harder to update
version of the latter.




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-18  5:17 ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
@ 2008-12-18  6:52   ` Glenn Morris
  2008-12-18 19:48   ` ack.texi Eli Zaretskii
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2008-12-18  6:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-devel

Glenn Morris wrote:

> Come to think of, is ack.texi really necessary, given that etc/AUTHORS
> exists? AFAICS, the former is just a less complete, harder to update
> version of the latter.

Rambling away to myself, I suppose ack.texi is a bit more readable
than AUTHORS.




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-18  5:17 ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
  2008-12-18  6:52   ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
@ 2008-12-18 19:48   ` Eli Zaretskii
  2008-12-19  1:27     ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2008-12-18 19:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: emacs-devel

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:17:20 -0500
> 
> 
> Come to think of, is ack.texi really necessary, given that etc/AUTHORS
> exists?

Please don't forget that someone who reads a printed copy of the Emacs
manual does not necessarily have etc/AUTHORS handy.




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-18 19:48   ` ack.texi Eli Zaretskii
@ 2008-12-19  1:27     ` Glenn Morris
  2008-12-19  7:42       ` ack.texi Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2008-12-19  1:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: emacs-devel

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Please don't forget that someone who reads a printed copy of the Emacs
> manual does not necessarily have etc/AUTHORS handy.

In other words, they might not have a copy of Emacs handy.
In which case there's a bunch of much more useful information they
also don't have to hand.




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-18  2:57 ack.texi Glenn Morris
  2008-12-18  5:17 ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
@ 2008-12-19  7:33 ` Richard M Stallman
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Richard M Stallman @ 2008-12-19  7:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: emacs-devel

    What is the policy on things in ack.texi that are no longer part of
    Emacs? Maybe collect them all in a separate section?

They can be deleted.




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-19  1:27     ` ack.texi Glenn Morris
@ 2008-12-19  7:42       ` Eli Zaretskii
  2008-12-20 18:03         ` ack.texi Richard M Stallman
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2008-12-19  7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: emacs-devel

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:27:31 -0500
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Please don't forget that someone who reads a printed copy of the Emacs
> > manual does not necessarily have etc/AUTHORS handy.
> 
> In other words, they might not have a copy of Emacs handy.

Right.

> In which case there's a bunch of much more useful information they
> also don't have to hand.

That's true, although I'm not sure what information you refer to.
However, acknowledging contribution is a widely accepted act of
courtesy on the part of any significant human endeavor, and in a
project driven by volunteers it is even more important and
appropriate, IMO, even if it doesn't have much instrumental value.




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* Re: ack.texi
  2008-12-19  7:42       ` ack.texi Eli Zaretskii
@ 2008-12-20 18:03         ` Richard M Stallman
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Richard M Stallman @ 2008-12-20 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: rgm, emacs-devel

ack.texi is used in the on-line version of the Emacs manual.  The
printed version has a shorter replacement which lists only the names.
It is in emacs.texi.

The suggestion is that the on-line version refer to AUTHORS instead
of using ack.texi.  I am not sure what is better
but the suggestion is just a change in detail.





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