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Re: FYI: replacement for MODULES.html.sh
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Thien-Thi Nguyen |
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Re: FYI: replacement for MODULES.html.sh |
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Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:50:10 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
() Bruno Haible <address@hidden>
() Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:04:12 +0100
[skills of gnulib maintainers]
Maybe your point is that you are a skilled Emacs Lisp hacker,
and want something to hack on?
No, i just wanted to post code for impatient people to use (and hack).
I did not take maintenance burden into consideration, although perhaps i
should have. In the latest revision (i believe in a "libposix" thread),
there is more consideration, in that lists are mined from the venerable
MODULES.html.sh, but the spirit is still non-aggressive sharing for
sharing's sake (FWIW, YMMV). It was fun to write, in any case; no need
to worry about wasted whiles.
Re Emacs Lisp not being a good fit for the skills of gnulib maintainers,
i wouldn't know. I assumed that Emacs, older than GNU itself, would be
not so difficult a tool to wield (despite its downsides) for this group
as you seem to be saying. If anything, i was hoping for critique on the
code from fellow programmers (of any and all stripes) so that i could
improve my own skills.
Put another way, i would be really surprised to hear all the gnulib
maintainers chime in to say, "sorry, i don't do Emacs Lisp, now and
forever". Not only surprised, but saddened, TBH.
[three proposals]
Thank you for these ideas -- i will keep them in mind for the next time.