From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Misleading messages about new versions
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 23:14:40 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1nJSl6-0001Qa-Ej@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwv8rug1z47.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:36:06 -0500)
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> As mentioned in the other thread (about the "dual" request), this is just
> a small matter of programming.
Would you like to implement distinguishing them? The two messages
should be very different so that no one fails to recognize which is
which.
Here are messages I suggest. I think they should make the point very clear.
For a new package, it could say,
We're glad to announce adding the new package Whatsit to XXGNU ELPA.
The initial version number is X.Y. Here's what Whatsit does:
For a new version, it could say,
The package Whatsit in XXGNU ELPA now has a new version, X.Y.
Here's what the package does:
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-14 4:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-12 3:57 Misleading messages about new versions Richard Stallman
2022-02-12 4:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-02-14 4:14 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2022-02-14 12:47 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-02-14 17:27 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2022-02-14 18:31 ` Corwin Brust
2022-02-14 18:44 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2022-02-14 19:11 ` Jean Louis
2022-02-15 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-14 4:14 ` How often do we have new packages in Whichever ELPA? Richard Stallman
2022-02-14 8:33 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-02-15 4:30 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-15 13:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-16 4:14 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-16 12:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-02-16 10:42 ` Rudolf Schlatte
2022-02-19 4:54 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-16 18:28 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2022-02-16 20:07 ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-02-19 4:56 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-17 23:14 ` Richard Stallman
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