From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 13 Dec 2002 10:35:32 +0900 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <091220021652087216%ajanta@no.spam> <101220021125583826%ajanta@no.spam> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <84of7s703d.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <111220022147059290%anil@null.invalid> <121220021442266101%anil@null.invalid> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039743556 5769 80.91.224.249 (13 Dec 2002 01:39:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MenK-0001Um-00 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 02:39:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MelI-0000li-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:37:08 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Mel3-0000jK-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:36:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Mek8-0000UD-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:36:03 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp ([210.143.35.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Mejy-0000SN-00; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:35:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.195])gBD1ZZw20173; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:35:35 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.190]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gBD1ZWx11615; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:35:33 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id gBD1ZWq02830; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:35:32 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) id gBD1ZWB09145; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:35:32 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 146943701; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:35:32 +0900 (JST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <121220021442266101%anil@null.invalid> Original-Lines: 13 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4602 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4602 Anil Trivedi writes: > That is however no reason to no[t] provide tools to delete unneeded files, > in emacs or in hundreds of other programs. Um, _someone_ has to write these tools, and deal with the resulting problems. This seems to be the point you don't get -- regardless of whether it's a good idea, it's not at all trivial. It's easier if you plan on it from the start, but this obviously doesn't help emacs! -Miles -- We live, as we dream -- alone....