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Re: Confused by y-or-n-p
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Confused by y-or-n-p |
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Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:17:50 +0200 |
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: rudalics@gmx.at, larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
> drew.adams@oracle.com, juri@linkov.net
> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:01:20 -0500
>
> > > My proposal will help with that problem too. Instead of waiting for a
> > > resolution of the dispute, we should install the change with a user
> > > option variable to enable the new behavior.
>
> > That is already happening where the change seems to be controversial
> > or a too radical departure from long-time behavior.
>
> That's good. But it suggests that the spectre of "interminable
> dispute" has been exaggerated. If people are getting tired of
> a dispute, they will get behind the solution of "install it with
> an option" and we will go ahead with that.
You are forgetting the cases where such a variable is inappropriate,
for example if the person who proposes the change thinks the change
fixes a bug, or when such a variable is not feasible.
Besides, no one can be sure that people who get tired will implement
such a variable to stop the dispute. They are quite likely to give up
on the change instead.
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, (continued)
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/17
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Stefan Monnier, 2021/01/07
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/05
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/04
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Stefan Monnier, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/04
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Stefan Monnier, 2021/01/04
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/04
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/06
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Richard Stallman, 2021/01/07
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/01/07
- Re: Confused by y-or-n-p, Gregory Heytings, 2021/01/04