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Re: Install C source code for for debugging help


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Install C source code for for debugging help
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:25:07 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> I feel it's a tail wagging the dog.  Both you and my (and others on
> this list) have the sources installed, so we are all inherently skewed
> in our judgment of this.  To see whether this is a useful feature,
> we'd need a real user poll.

I expect that the overwhelming majority of the users don't want to see
the C source, but then, the vast majority of computer users use
proprietary software.

I think Emacs should (and does) really make a special effort to go out
of its way to encourage users to access the source code.

So I don't think the decision should be made on a question of "do users
need it", but whether we want to actively encourage users to do that
thing that they normally wouldn't even dream of doing.


        Stefan




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