From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Code for cond* Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:30:45 +0200 Message-ID: <86jznxd7sa.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874jf3rkzx.fsf@yahoo.com> <87le8ehqew.fsf@localhost> <87zfwurjv4.fsf@yahoo.com> <87cytqhn35.fsf@localhost> <87r0i6rfjg.fsf@yahoo.com> <874jf2hkxo.fsf@localhost> <87frymre9b.fsf@yahoo.com> <871qa6hjtq.fsf@localhost> <87y1ceeoo3.fsf@dataswamp.org> <87o7d9pysz.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28379"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 25 11:31:46 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rSx1N-00078E-AP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:31:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rSx0o-0006D4-SS; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:31:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rSx0i-0006C4-M1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:31:06 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rSx0a-000585-Bq; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 05:31:04 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=I3Gl590ZQ3bqYwTzyO+5fUGU/W8QgkzPGQsQLNdzA6Y=; b=EQlUd8tbsJul tltTcSZlKM+xWJvEKyBJyUyzo7zFyl1DVTQ0E+QICr+leol1eNYjX48pj3eZt9HIcxr5a/Oos10Oc Q6LUNNfspsOEC0hWRzZh8JVzubor+xQvH1wiHJZhIt9c5uJozSYzz732DeBFbxJsRsJgrBi+u3Rj3 3IOTK+aWnKV0Up0Ru1BG8GCTiEOUeO2foXGIcJ+iWy2wsQx7DXFZs4dQ7Aq6h8DSCVY6yAPEes1ST 9b+EY2hnWgUZbeiJJkcjTIcFwKbcj4xu2fumuqbzXxr2kNXEX9bocDt2cMaenucbgaOgKBmywj6/W oO1/tprNkFJVKVU5MlqsCA==; In-Reply-To: <87o7d9pysz.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:06:20 +0800) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:315343 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:06:20 +0800 > > Whether consciously or not, ELPA has become a repository where code may > be abandoned to bitrot in peace, so when someone on this list produces a > list of reasons he dislikes such and such in support of moving it to > ELPA, what he really means is that his objections are so strong he never > wishes to see it again, but it is not seemly or persuasive to express > such objections without veiling them in euphemisms. Since this also > avoids causing the proposer too much disappointment, it achieves the > desired goal of frustrating the proposal with the absolute minimum level > of fuss. > > I'm sorry if this came out sounding quite harsh, but it is how I view > this farce This view is incorrect. We don't use ELPA as a dumping ground for packages "we don't want to see, ever".