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bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:24:35 +0200 |
> Cc: stefan@marxist.se, michael.albinus@gmx.de, rgm@gnu.org,
> 37527@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 10:18:38 -0800
>
> On 1/26/20 8:13 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > they are both unreliable
>
> Only if we make them so. As things stand, emacs-source-directory is more
> reliable than source-directory is, and if we remove the configure-time option
> to
> omit installation of source code (a step I favor) we will make
> emacs-source-directory even more reliable than it is now.
>
> It's long past time that we stopped making Emacs source code a second-class
> citizen. The GNU philosophy is that it should be easy to see the source, and
> we
> should be guided by that philosophy here.
>
> We cannot rely on distributors to make things easy here. Some distributors do
> not install source; others install it in different places, only optionally,
> and
> do so in obscure ways that most users don't know about. Distributors will
> follow
> our lead if we install the source in a well-specified place. If we tried
> instead
> to find the nook or cranny (if any) where the current distributor squirrels
> away
> the Emacs source code, this problem would continue to be a maintenance
> headache
> for us. It's not worth the hassle.
Sorry, I cannot be convinced by reiterating the same views and
high-level abstract ideas. We had a discussion, where no consensus
was reached about making this the default. I don't see why would you
decide to unilaterally override all those valid opinions to the
contrary. Please make this opt-in.
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, (continued)
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/21
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/23
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/24
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/25
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Michael Albinus, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Paul Eggert, 2020/01/27
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/27
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Michael Albinus, 2020/01/26
- bug#37527: [PATCH] Install C source code for for debugging help, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/01/26