From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 41096@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41096: message-sendmail-f-is-evil has hard to understand docstring
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 20:05:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmkbF-2WBLCJgC3GzFqNcrdYsvnAJZ4uw7Xkr8R=aiwMWg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2ksgge470s.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> (The evil part is a 20+ year old joke. Perhaps you want to rename it to
> a prosaic message-sendmail-specify-envelope-from.)
I think we can keep the joke even if I don't get it.
The thing is that I don't understand the docstring as a whole. The
first part is fine, but the joke confuses me and makes me wonder what
I missed.
I think it would be enough to add a short explanatory note for why
this option exists at the end, for example that some sendmail
alternatives do not support "-f". I only hope that wouldn't ruin the
joke...? :-)
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-05 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-05 15:33 bug#41096: message-sendmail-f-is-evil has hard to understand docstring Stefan Kangas
2020-05-05 17:37 ` Glenn Morris
2020-05-05 18:05 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-05-05 18:13 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-20 13:27 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-05-05 18:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
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