bug#46627: [External] : bug#46627: [PATCH] Add new help command 'describe-command'

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "stefan@marxist.se" <stefan@marxist.se>,
>         "larsi@gnus.org"
>       <larsi@gnus.org>, "rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>,
>         "46627@debbugs.gnu.org"
>       <46627@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:55:16 +0000
> 
> > My point is that Emacs already has a well-developed subsystem for
> > discovery, and trying to produce an alternative based on completion is
> > reinventing the wheel from an inferior starting point.  I question the
> > wisdom of investing our resources in developing such an alternative.
> 
> It's not either/or.

It should be, because we don't have infinite resources.  And because
this is a support feature, not an editing/application feature.

> But that's a general argument.  Whether it's worth
> adding a separate command `describe-command' is a
> particular question and judgment.

Which is exactly what is being discussed here.  Not the general and
theoretical questions, the specific and practical one.