From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: put goto-line on modeline Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:06:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: <16875.6801.853047.943117@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <20050118.140200.204665361.jet@gyve.org> <16880.25103.652453.271163@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1106299150 21737 80.91.229.6 (21 Jan 2005 09:19:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:19:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jet@gyve.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 21 10:19:03 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CruwZ-0003yU-00 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:19:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Crv8c-0000ys-Id for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:31:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Crv6f-0000Nf-8C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:29:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Crv6a-0000MD-BM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:29:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Crv6Z-0000Gx-HQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:29:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cruk5-0006Nx-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:06:09 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cruia-0006aA-1N; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:04:36 -0500 Original-To: Nick Roberts In-Reply-To: <16880.25103.652453.271163@farnswood.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:59:43 +1300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:32450 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:32450 Nick Roberts writes: > > Just remember after the next release that the main reason for > > the decision now was the feature freeze. > > > > The main reason is that I think it is a bad idea. > > But on matters which are largely ones of personal preference, it > would be more objective to listen to the opinions of the mailing > list. Opinions are never objective. And democracy is not a substitute for a coherency (that's supposed to be one of the reasons that almost all existing democracies are representative, with a party system). But this is not the time for discussing new features. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum