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Re: rename and clean unexec.c
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: rename and clean unexec.c |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:07:34 +0300 |
> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:58:38 +0200
>
> The point of my liking is that somebody is trying to do something about
> that. If you object to renaming a small platform-specific file, what
> would you say if he wants to rename several core functions?
>
> Being allowed to easily do forensics is good. Having a clean, friendly
> code base is *much* better. You would say that unexec.c is just a tiny
> inconvenience, but Emacs has hundreds of such tiny inconveniences, and
> that amounts to a big annoyance. Please remember that Emacs is not in
> maintenance mode by a few veteran hackers, it is supposed to be an
> evolving project with a need for new programmers.
I wonder why you thought I deserved this lecture.