* multiple definitions of the term "fileset"
@ 2007-10-11 5:20 Richard Stallman
2007-10-11 12:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
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From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-10-11 5:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric S. Raymond; +Cc: emacs-devel
You added a lot of text in files.texi which talks about "filesets" in
connection with version control. This causes a problem because the
term "fileset" is already used in a different way. Search files.texi
for `@node Filesets'. (I warned you about this clash a few months
ago.)
We can't leave that the way it is.
Aside from that, several new node names do not follow our
usual conventions, and some are too long.
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* Re: multiple definitions of the term "fileset"
2007-10-11 5:20 multiple definitions of the term "fileset" Richard Stallman
@ 2007-10-11 12:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
2007-10-13 6:40 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-13 6:41 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Eric S. Raymond @ 2007-10-11 12:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Richard Stallman; +Cc: emacs-devel
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>:
> You added a lot of text in files.texi which talks about "filesets" in
> connection with version control. This causes a problem because the
> term "fileset" is already used in a different way. Search files.texi
> for `@node Filesets'. (I warned you about this clash a few months
> ago.)
I replied at the time that the term 'fileset' is *not* in fact used in a
different way, though the filesets themselves are.
In both cases, the term 'fileset' refers to a list of files used as
the implied scope for a group of operations of interest. What differs
is only the operations of interest: in VC they are about version
control, onder the Filesets node they are visiting and search/replace.
The parallelism in terminology is not a bug, it's a feature. Same
concept, same term. To invent a different one would be to multiply
entities beyond necessity.
You didn't reply, so I assumed you either agreed or no longer thought
the case for a distinction strong enough to argue.
> Aside from that, several new node names do not follow our
> usual conventions, and some are too long.
I would be happy to fix these. Are the conventions documented somewhere
you can point me at?
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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* Re: multiple definitions of the term "fileset"
2007-10-11 12:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
@ 2007-10-13 6:40 ` Richard Stallman
2007-10-13 6:41 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-10-13 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: esr; +Cc: emacs-devel
I would be happy to fix these. Are the conventions documented somewhere
you can point me at?
No, but each word should be capitalized (normally), and try to keep them
short.
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* Re: multiple definitions of the term "fileset"
2007-10-11 12:15 ` Eric S. Raymond
2007-10-13 6:40 ` Richard Stallman
@ 2007-10-13 6:41 ` Richard Stallman
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From: Richard Stallman @ 2007-10-13 6:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: esr; +Cc: emacs-devel
The parallelism in terminology is not a bug, it's a feature. Same
concept, same term. To invent a different one would be to multiply
entities beyond necessity.
By now I guess you've seen the message where I explained why they are
not the same.
You didn't reply, so I assumed you either agreed or no longer thought
the case for a distinction strong enough to argue.
It is too bad I didn't notice that message before,
but it is nonetheless a problem that has to be addressed.
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