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Re: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages |
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Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:47:34 -0500 |
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> > That is unreasonable. People have been installing very large changes
> > just lately.
> No, they haven't, not lately anyway.
I think package-vc was just installed in master this weekend, and
noverlays a few days ago. I think there was another in the past week.
> It is a minor feature, indeed, but its effect on low-level code is
> quite significant and could potentially destabilize Emacs.
It adds a feature that nothing in Emacs actually uses.
It is potentially significant, but it won't affect anything
if you don't use it. I think you have exaggerated a .01 into .99.
Basically, you haven't convinced me that there is a basis for this
conclusion.
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Re: Help sought understanding shorthands wrt modules/packages, Richard Stallman, 2022/11/02
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