From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Cc: 22587@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22587: ‘guix edit’ & ‘M-x guix-edit' typo, rename, & mode change
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:31:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87shygthz8.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ega07nl1.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:20:58 +0300")
Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-19 13:50 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Ludovic Courtès (2016-04-18 20:41 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems to me that this bug has no clear purpose, or too broad a
>>>> purpose, or something.
>>>>
>>>> Could you retitle it, or close it, or fix it, whichever is appropriate?
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Was it for me?
>>
>> ‘To whom it may concern’. :-)
>>
>>> I think the main purpose of this report was to tell us that "edit"
>>> name is confusing. So I would retitle it to "Rename 'guix edit' as it
>>> is confusing". But I don't know how; can it be done by sending some
>>> control message?
>>
>> Yes, using the ‘retitle’ command, described somewhere at
>> <http://debbugs.gnu.org/Developer.html>.
>
> Sorry, I don't see any mention of 'retitle' there, also I don't find
> retitle control message while using emacs-debbugs package.
Sorry, it’s at <http://debbugs.gnu.org/server-control.html>.
>> However, I think (1) the title should describe the bug, not the
>> solution, and (2) ‘guix edit’ does what it says IMO, even if it can
>> occasionally stumble upon read-only files.
>
> OK, well I don't know what to do with it then. What about the following
> title: «"guix edit" name may be confusing»?
Perfect! :-)
Thanks,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-20 15:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-07 18:04 bug#22587: ‘guix edit’ & ‘M-x guix-edit' typo, rename, & mode change myglc2
2016-02-07 18:58 ` Andreas Enge
2016-02-07 19:22 ` myglc2
2016-02-07 19:34 ` Andreas Enge
2016-02-07 20:26 ` myglc2
2016-02-08 8:34 ` Alex Kost
2016-02-08 15:30 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-02-08 18:29 ` myglc2
2016-04-18 8:37 ` Alex Kost
2016-04-18 17:41 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-19 8:18 ` Alex Kost
2016-04-19 10:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-20 7:20 ` Alex Kost
2016-04-20 15:31 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2016-04-21 10:40 ` Alex Kost
2016-06-02 19:40 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-06-03 19:04 ` Alex Kost
2016-06-04 11:21 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-18 21:10 ` myglc2
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