Re: emacs21-branch (Re: ognus)

[Denys Duchier <Denys.Duchier@ps.uni-sb.de>]

Laura Conrad <lconrad@laymusic.org> writes:

> I doubt that Dave was saying anyone should withhold anything.

Perhaps not, but I find the opacity and the secrecy surrounding so
many GNU projects rather frustrating. Gnus is an exception and I'd
like it to stay this way.

> I think the gnus user manual is daunting enough to a new user without
> having an implication that you have to understand CVS as well as 6
> kinds of buffer, umpteen backends, 3 kinds of score files...

"I doubt that Denys was saying that anyone should read an implication
that you have to understand CVS..." :-)

Ah hem... There is nothing wrong about having a part titled
"Maintenance, Development, Or Living On The Bleeding Edge"... but I
don't think we really disagree:

> It might make sense to have a "developer manual"

So, you bind the "bleeding edge" part separately and the user gets two
manuals.  That's fine with me :-)

Cheers,

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