From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl@turtle-trading.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Misleading messages about new versions
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:31:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1nJpUi-0003QD-BC@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877d9xtl2e.fsf@turtle-trading.net> (message from Benjamin Riefenstahl on Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:27:53 +0100)
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> > 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:
> Careful, a machine (program) that pretends to have feelings is a spam
> generator in my book.
It is not pretense. "We" refers to the Emacs maintainers.
I think you're misusing the word "spam". It refers to commercial
publicity sent to people who did not ask for it. Announcements from
a project to users who sign up for them are not spam.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-15 4:31 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 ` 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
2022-02-14 4:14 ` Misleading messages about new versions Richard Stallman
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 [this message]
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