From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: doc patch: "Saving Properties" merge into "Format Conversion" Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 02:04:21 +0200 Message-ID: <85ejlustq2.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> 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 X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178409866 2842 80.91.229.12 (6 May 2007 00:04:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 00:04:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, Nick Roberts , 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 02:04:25 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 1HkUEi-00059F-MQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 06 May 2007 02:04:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HkULV-0000A2-TS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:11:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HkULS-00009f-D2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:11:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HkULQ-00009H-Vj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HkULQ-00009E-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:11:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HkUEb-0004Xe-Qv; Sat, 05 May 2007 20:04:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-in-08-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-08-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.20]) by mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E22212E44; Sun, 6 May 2007 02:04:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (mail-in-04.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.44]) by mail-in-08-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92667212FB6; Sun, 6 May 2007 02:04:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lola.goethe.zz (dslb-084-061-102-117.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.61.102.117]) by mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7031E1BF385; Sun, 6 May 2007 02:04:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id ED7D61C1E1F3; Sun, 6 May 2007 02:04:21 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat\, 05 May 2007 19\:18\:49 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) 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:70577 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > 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 The word "decision" only makes sense in connection with actually going through with something. > and are saying negative things. I know what they think. That > doesn't mean they are right. But it means they are stopping to contribute, and that does not particularly help Emacs. Being "right" does nothing to help your cause. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum