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Re: Confused by y-or-n-p
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Confused by y-or-n-p |
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Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:02:48 -0500 |
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> IME a week is not sufficient:
> - Many users don't update from `master` on a daily basis.
> - I `git fetch` daily from `master`, but I don't restart my Emacs
> sessions all the time (hell, I just tried `M-x emacs-uptime` and this
> Gnus-dedicated session "says 184 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, 38
> seconds").
I update from master every few months. Building it takes a day.
Because there are occasional complications, I don't even do git pull
unless I'm ready to spend a while dealing with the consequences.
I do now know how to deal with those complications, but it may
take time.
> So I think such changes should be introduced with:
> - An explicit announcement.
> - A clear way to get back the old behavior.
> - A trial period in the order 2-3 months.
Fine with me.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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