From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: rgm@gnu.org, Reiner.Steib@gmx.de, ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: syncing from Emacs to Gnus
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:12:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1J06E6-0000Ee-0Z@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvk5nv38xi.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:59:44 -0500)
As I said, many/most of those packages were written specifically for
Gnus. I.e. if it weren't for Gnus they wouldn't exist. The fact that
the author was careful to try and make it generic, expecting potential
uses in other packages, doesn't change anything to it.
What thus changes is the right way to install the file:
in Emacs, outside of Gnus.
Over time, those packages may/will find uses in other packages and will
start to take a life or their own, and separate from Gnus,
That's a misleading description of what has happened. These packages
were general in nature from the very start. It is not chance or
coincidence that they "found uses" outside of Gnus. That was
inevitable in their design purpose.
When people write these packages, even if the motive for writing them
is about Gnus, the right way to install them is as general packages in
Emacs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-06 2:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-30 22:56 declare-function in files from Gnus (hashcash.el, imap.el) Reiner Steib
2007-11-30 23:27 ` Glenn Morris
2007-12-01 18:35 ` Reiner Steib
2007-12-01 18:54 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-01 20:35 ` Glenn Morris
2007-12-01 20:40 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-01 21:50 ` Glenn Morris
2007-12-01 21:42 ` syncing from Emacs to Gnus [was Re: declare-function in files from Gnus (hashcash.el, imap.el)] Glenn Morris
2007-12-01 23:22 ` syncing from Emacs to Gnus Reiner Steib
2007-12-02 14:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-02 18:39 ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-03 2:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-03 18:43 ` Richard Stallman
2007-12-03 18:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-06 2:12 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
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2007-12-05 20:35 ` declare-function in files from Gnus (hashcash.el, imap.el) Reiner Steib
2007-12-05 21:01 ` Glenn Morris
2007-12-08 19:42 ` Reiner Steib
2007-12-08 22:58 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2007-12-09 2:20 ` Glenn Morris
2007-12-09 20:10 ` Austin Frank
2007-12-09 21:22 ` Reiner Steib
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