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bug#12535: 24.2.50; [PATCH] `edmacro-parse-keys' is incorrect for M-<TAB


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#12535: 24.2.50; [PATCH] `edmacro-parse-keys' is incorrect for M-<TAB>
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:51:13 +0300

> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 08:34:42 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: 12535@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> 
> >   Sorry; I really don't have the time now.  But I
> >   think that all of the relevant info has been
> >   provided, so you should be able to DTRT.
> > 
> > You unavoidably send the message that your time is more important than
> > the person handling your bug report (to be clear, it's not the "I'm busy
> > right now" part alone, but the combination of "I'm busy, you do it"
> > that's the problem).
> 
> The "YOU should be able" was not, and is not,
> directed at any particular person.  It's not at
> all about "the person handling [my] bug report".
> Not that I don't take into consideration someone
> handling the report, but that "you" is not about
> that person or any other.
> [...]

Drew, you are repeatedly told by different people that your style and
choice of words makes others think twice before handling your reports
and requests.  I'd suggest to consider the possibility that there's at
least some truth in that, and choose your words differently.





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