From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The name gnus-cloud.el Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:57:55 +0200 Message-ID: <83lghulhe4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87374jd66s.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87bmj6dda0.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <87vahe911g.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87374id7jy.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <877ett8g7k.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87a7yn7tqp.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878te75xa1.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87ind6l2tt.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877etklvsa.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83y3m0pv8u.fsf@gnu.org> <83h8snpew2.fsf@gnu.org> <83wp1gm2c8.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1513969010 20814 195.159.176.226 (22 Dec 2017 18:56:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 22 19:56:46 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eSSUv-00051P-C3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:56:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34269 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSSWs-0000d5-BW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:58:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39104) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSSWG-0000cr-9v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:58:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSSWB-0007oM-Sa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:58:08 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58217) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eSSWB-0007o4-OC; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:58:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2745 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1eSSW4-0007hB-MY; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:57:57 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:47:50 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:221348 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > CC: tzz@lifelogs.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:47:50 -0500 > > > But gnus-cloud doesn't do or mention cloud computing. > > The word "cloud", in the context of computing, can't help but stand > for "cloud computing". The context here is not of computing, the context is of naming files. > That was surely the reason for choosing that word, because otherwise > it would make no sense here. The reason is immaterial, as long as it is really known only to the person who invented the name. > Why does the name gnus-cloud.el seem more appropriate than > gnus-rain.el or gnus-snow.el? They all are appropriate just the same. > The point is to avoid supporting a line of thinking that we campaign > against. Naming a file something that has "cloud" in it doesn't mean supporting that line of thinking in any way. > It is better to risk looking ridiculous than to sheepishly follow the > crowd and spread the ideas we criticize. We don't follow the crowd in this regard, sheepishly or otherwise. We just use "cloud" in a file name.