Re: Install C source code for for debugging help

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> I feel it's a tail wagging the dog.  Both you and my (and others on
> this list) have the sources installed, so we are all inherently skewed
> in our judgment of this.  To see whether this is a useful feature,
> we'd need a real user poll.

I expect that the overwhelming majority of the users don't want to see
the C source, but then, the vast majority of computer users use
proprietary software.

I think Emacs should (and does) really make a special effort to go out
of its way to encourage users to access the source code.

So I don't think the decision should be made on a question of "do users
need it", but whether we want to actively encourage users to do that
thing that they normally wouldn't even dream of doing.


        Stefan