From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc patch: "Saving Properties" merge into "Format Conversion" Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 12:56:41 +1200 Message-ID: <17981.10185.173469.54017@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <87ps5m2s7z.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <87bqh3zi91.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <17978.34192.154994.884454@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17979.51666.93559.254397@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178413020 9376 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2007 00:57:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 00:57:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 06 02:56:57 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HkV3W-000384-CE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 02:56:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HkVAJ-0005BI-Rx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 21:03:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HkVAG-0005BB-Qv for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 21:03:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HkVAF-0005Ax-Gb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 21:03:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HkVAF-0005Au-AC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 21:03:51 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HkV3O-0001dH-VT; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:56:47 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (7.61.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.61.7]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A783D9FCF; Sun, 6 May 2007 12:56:43 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BE2188F92B; Sun, 6 May 2007 12:56:41 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.50.29 X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:70579 Archived-At: > When I started contributing, emacs-devel was a vibrant mailing list, but > it no longer feels like one, and statistics seem to confirm this (*). > > What that proves that a number of people don't like my decisions > and are saying negative things. I know what they think. That doesn't > mean they are right. It's not so much about what is right, but what is reasonable. With social issues, that's normally decided collectively, as with a jury in a court of law. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob