multiple definitions of the term "fileset"

multiple definitions of the term "fileset"

[Richard Stallman]

You added a lot of text in files.texi which talks about "filesets" in
connection with version control.  This causes a problem because the
term "fileset" is already used in a different way.  Search files.texi
for `@node Filesets'.  (I warned you about this clash a few months
ago.)

We can't leave that the way it is.

Aside from that, several new node names do not follow our
usual conventions, and some are too long.

Re: multiple definitions of the term "fileset"

[Eric S. Raymond]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>:
> You added a lot of text in files.texi which talks about "filesets" in
> connection with version control.  This causes a problem because the
> term "fileset" is already used in a different way.  Search files.texi
> for `@node Filesets'.  (I warned you about this clash a few months
> ago.)

I replied at the time that the term 'fileset' is *not* in fact used in a 
different way, though the filesets themselves are.

In both cases, the term 'fileset' refers to a list of files used as
the implied scope for a group of operations of interest.  What differs
is only the operations of interest: in VC they are about version
control, onder the Filesets node they are visiting and search/replace.

The parallelism in terminology is not a bug, it's a feature.  Same
concept, same term.  To invent a different one would be to multiply
entities beyond necessity.

You didn't reply, so I assumed you either agreed or no longer thought
the case for a distinction strong enough to argue.

> Aside from that, several new node names do not follow our
> usual conventions, and some are too long.

I would be happy to fix these.  Are the conventions documented somewhere
you can point me at?
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

Re: multiple definitions of the term "fileset"

[Richard Stallman]

    I would be happy to fix these.  Are the conventions documented somewhere
    you can point me at?

No, but each word should be capitalized (normally), and try to keep them
short.

Re: multiple definitions of the term "fileset"

[Richard Stallman]

    The parallelism in terminology is not a bug, it's a feature.  Same
    concept, same term.  To invent a different one would be to multiply
    entities beyond necessity.

By now I guess you've seen the message where I explained why they are
not the same.

    You didn't reply, so I assumed you either agreed or no longer thought
    the case for a distinction strong enough to argue.

It is too bad I didn't notice that message before,
but it is nonetheless a problem that has to be addressed.