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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "50447@debbugs.gnu.org" <50447@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#50447: [External] : bug#50447: [PATCH] Remove very old NEWS from the FAQ
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 14:49:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB548833BED987E56092FE417FF3D39@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmnQyeqrKA7TQrwzGZHoRBx_v5WGE2e4R+-BfQH=U08J4Q@mail.gmail.com>

> > Without that, the only way of finding when some important
> > feature was added is by tediously searching NEWS.
> 
> The intended audience of the FAQ is end-users, not core developers
> going spelunking.  It is not useful information for that audience.

Emacs users can spelunk also.  A narrow idea of
users (in this case Emacs users) is the bane of
free software.

Even siphoning off some idea of "end-users" is
limiting.  Anyone using Emacs in any way is an
"end-user", so term has no useful meaning.  An
Emacs "end-user" can be an expert user and
developer, and can be an active contributor to
Emacs development.  Or not.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-09-07 14:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-07  1:31 bug#50447: [PATCH] Remove very old NEWS from the FAQ Stefan Kangas
2021-09-07  6:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07  6:42   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-07  8:10     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07 13:22     ` Phil Sainty
2021-09-07 14:49     ` Drew Adams [this message]
2021-09-07 14:43   ` bug#50447: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-09-07 15:23 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-07 16:22   ` Stefan Kangas

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