From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Guerry Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: text-quoting-style Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:41:30 +0200 Message-ID: <878u8oygk5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83r3mn50rz.fsf@gnu.org> <20150828172501.GB4882@acm.fritz.box> <20150829155959.GA20484@acm.fritz.box> <20150830131613.GA2724@acm.fritz.box> <20150831200149.GA2280@acm.fritz.box> <20150901130303.GC2362@acm.fritz.box> <87r3mhyiru.fsf@gnu.org> <55E638FE.70800@cs.ucla.edu> <87mvx5xq9q.fsf@gnu.org> <55E71321.8090001@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1441208663 489 80.91.229.3 (2 Sep 2015 15:44:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 15:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 02 17:44:14 2015 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 1ZXACm-0006ft-BC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 17:44:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38880 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXACm-0006Dl-3S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:44:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41315) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAAQ-000366-Uu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAAL-0001jN-Cl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:41:42 -0400 Original-Received: from so1.mailgun.net ([198.61.254.11]:45690) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZXAAL-0001j8-9v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 11:41:37 -0400 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyIyYmRiOCIsICJlbWFjcy1kZXZlbEBnbnUub3JnIiwgIjI4ODhmOSJd Original-Received: from bzg.fr (fes75-4-78-192-157-63.fbxo.proxad.net [78.192.157.63]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 55e718ac.5343f90-in3; Wed, 02 Sep 2015 15:41:32 -0000 (UTC) Original-Received: by bzg.fr (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F85552568; Wed, 2 Sep 2015 17:41:30 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <55E71321.8090001@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Wed, 2 Sep 2015 08:17:53 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 198.61.254.11 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:189469 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > It is all documented in etc/NEWS, yes. It's also documented in the > manual and in doc strings. I'm not a fan of installing undocumented > code. OK, thanks. > The changes did not become controversial until after they were > installed in master. They weren't installed in master until after > being proposed and discussed. Sometimes that happens. Given the amount of controversy and/or misunderstanding, it's obvious that the changes should have been more carefully discussed and tested on a dedicated branch before. That's life. -- Bastien