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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>,
	David Ward Lambert <b49P23TIvg@stny.rr.com>,
	9384@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9384: psychoanalyze-pinhead
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:58:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vcs04iyc.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tz62k0369h.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:18:18 -0400")

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> I know. Frankly, I'd be inclined to just remove the command. I don't
> think Emacs needs a "take a random quotation from a database (database
> not supplied) and feed it to Eliza" command. I think the concept may
> just be _too_ hilarious.
>
> (People want to keep M-x yow;
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-06/msg00323.html
>
> although fortune.el exists.
>
> And the idea "hey, let's write our own quotes" has been floated before
> and is dumb, IMO.
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2006-06/msg00499.html )

I wouldn't mind moving yow.el to obsolete/.





  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-07 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-26 23:49 bug#9384: psychoanalyze-pinhead David Ward Lambert
2011-08-27  1:09 ` Glenn Morris
2011-09-11  2:21   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 19:01     ` Glenn Morris
2011-09-11 19:10       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 19:11       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-10-07 20:18         ` Glenn Morris
2011-10-07 20:58           ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2013-02-13  8:51             ` Glenn Morris

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