From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: participation & contribution [was: Latest changes with lisp/uni-*.el and leim/quail] Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:50:18 +0100 Message-ID: <8738md103p.fsf@zigzag.favinet> References: <83txew8m9v.fsf@gnu.org> <837gbr8uxa.fsf@gnu.org> <87wqjqts1b.fsf@gmail.com> <83zjom5ls5.fsf@gnu.org> <5299C7FA.2080007@poczta.onet.pl> <466a2599-43b3-4406-8bad-22cfb49c364f@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1385884017 3182 80.91.229.3 (1 Dec 2013 07:46:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 07:46:57 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 01 08:47:03 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vn1k7-0001qN-9D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:47:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54581 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vn1k6-0003Ol-Um for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:47:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48017) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vn1jz-0003Np-LJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:47:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vn1ju-0004Io-M2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:46:55 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp208.alice.it ([82.57.200.104]:2600) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vn1ju-0004GE-B8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:46:50 -0500 Original-Received: from zigzag.favinet (82.58.3.14) by smtp208.alice.it (8.6.060.28) id 52443B8210572A23 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 1 Dec 2013 08:46:48 +0100 Original-Received: from ttn by zigzag.favinet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vn1nQ-0006EA-Iu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Dec 2013 08:50:28 +0100 Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <466a2599-43b3-4406-8bad-22cfb49c364f@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:05:09 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.104 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:165961 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable () Drew Adams () Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:05:09 -0800 (PST) Dani *requested* that his patch be committed, IF someone agrees that it is worthwhile. To quote Dani's request again: "It [the patch] is ok? If so, please commit it. TIA." Translation: Please review it. If you like it, you are welcome to it. Thank you in advance, if you commit it. Probably the interpretation is a function of what kind of English one is used to, mostly. To me, the construction "Please ACT." has command overtones, whereas the construction "Could you please ACT?" i would take unambiguously as a request. Not only does the latter end w/ a (re)quest(ion) mark, it makes use of the "conditional mood": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_mood English (like Emacs) weirds its users -- oh well, life goes on... :-D =2D-=20 Thien-Thi Nguyen GPG key: 4C807502 (if you're human and you know it) read my lisp: (responsep (questions 'technical) (not (via 'mailing-list))) =3D> nil --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlKa6j0ACgkQZwMiJEyAdQKKrACgpknfEFsyceO+CmaIZKKju7G7 khAAnj90qHVZR9/pWu/s5aoID55L2Xmp =Ejz9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--