From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The name gnus-cloud.el Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 14:57:58 -0800 Message-ID: <878te1j72h.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1513551419 13201 195.159.176.226 (17 Dec 2017 22:56:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 22:56:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , Richard Stallman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 17 23:56:55 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 1eQhrZ-0002pD-BF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 23:56:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55906 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eQhtU-00046y-Ey for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:58:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59724) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eQhsv-00046b-Sq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:58:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eQhsr-0008Ue-7Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([50.56.99.223]:52286) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eQhsr-000846-2V; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 17:58:13 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (71-212-75-109.tukw.qwest.net [71.212.75.109]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EE451BBC94; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 22:57:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mail.ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1513551480; bh=N/bQA7QGkibyrCIZIOPAxV1i+pHN+fXbR+5OZNY8R0I=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=pvIpOaAob+YS4OPFPY+AdSpb0oAfxT8zptP7Yu6hzgMkPpMiBYcrTQ0uqaHbZ5jkM nvgG8N7IqpumjyR8N/p8r0iVR3CXCznNOmyNrT6L5xR1paXJaEXNrVX9sxBM3CxApn wBhfC4YiFaWenlFVKB+AI84h7jylDiEyDJsSCWYo= In-Reply-To: (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 17 Dec 2017 23:31:37 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 50.56.99.223 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:221193 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > >> How about gnus-noncloud.el? >> That would make the joke clearer so we could all get it. > > Wouldn't a name like that imply that somewhere there is such a thing as > a cloud? > > The current name is an explicit joke on the concept that a "cloud" > exists. It's just a server somewhere, and perhaps having a joke like > that as a name can be didactic. "Hey! There's a cloud in Emacs! > *reads manual* Oh, it's just stores something on a server... Is that > what all clouds are about?" > > I mean, we can dream. I could have sworn that there was something called "Cloudy Gnus" at some point, did I dream that? We could call it gnus-cloudy.el. Let people interpret that as they will.