From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: on ``An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp'' Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:22:33 +0100 Message-ID: <874mdrh8zq.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87oac34e2o.fsf@debian.uxu> <871t8z6tgc.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> <87io297a26.fsf@debian.uxu> <87h9hsheov.fsf@mbork.pl> <87vb687y6s.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454397782 28106 80.91.229.3 (2 Feb 2016 07:23:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 07:23:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 02 08:22:55 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1aQVIc-0004I7-S5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:22:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55489 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQVIb-0005Z1-Jc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:22:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41166) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQVIR-0005Yw-Gd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:22:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQVIN-0003oG-H8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:22:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:46204) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQVIN-0003ns-AK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:22:39 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76BD99D2002; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:22:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 50SqOup58uQk; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:22:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [109.232.24.28]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8DD8B9D2001; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 08:22:34 +0100 (CET) User-agent: mu4e 0.9.13; emacs 25.1.50.1 In-reply-to: <87vb687y6s.fsf@debian.uxu> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108956 Archived-At: On 2016-02-02, at 01:28, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> I'd like to point out that one nice benefit of >> compiling from source (apart from staying on the >> bleeding edge) ... > > There can be many definitions of "staying on the > bleeding edge". One is: using software to be active, > creative and productive with *your own projects* that > perhaps nobody else knows about, until you release it > for everyone to see and (sometimes) use. > > Using the latest releases of everything, including > hardware components, is something some people take > pride in. > > But often this is actually something that one > shouldn't do because it is an obstacle to the own > activity which benefits from reliable, familiar tools. Fair enough. I have to say, though, that the alleged unreliability of the development version of Emacs has yet to hit me. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University