Re: Moving files from lisp/gnus/ to lisp/net/?

[Miles Bader]

On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 03:43:04AM -0400, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>    It seems that we could be more successful with this, and giving
>    up some control of the files and moving the into Emacs might
>    achieve that.
> 
> perhaps it's best just to write a blurb in some STANDALONE file
> that explains the consensus, and furthermore lists those files
> to be treated in this manner.
> 
> location of file is an indirect indicator of intent; explicit
> instructions are less likely to be misinterpreted.

Perhaps, but location is far more effective for avoiding mistakes in
day-to-day hacking, because people tend forget random stuff written in readme
files, but the location is in your face everytime you edit the file.

So, in fact _both_ should be done.

-Miles
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