Re: emacs21-branch (Re: ognus)

[Laura Conrad <lconrad@laymusic.org>]

>>>>> "Denys" == Denys Duchier <Denys.Duchier@ps.uni-sb.de> writes:
    Denys> Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk> writes:
    >> >>>>> "KG" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:
    >> 
    KG> Maybe we should put a chapter on the CVS organization into the manual.
    >> 
    >> That has no place in a user manual.

    Denys> I beg to disagree: when you buy a physical device, you expect the
    Denys> manual to contain instructions about maintenance.  Same here, only
    Denys> more so.

    Denys> Things can be complicated enough as they are.  Let's not make them
    Denys> harder by withholding crucial information.  Thank you.

I doubt that Dave was saying anyone should withhold anything.

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...

It might make sense to have a "developer manual", which might contain
such things as guidelines, explainations about things like Incoming*
files, instructions about how to use CVS, and anything else that a
user of the development version should know that isn't relevant to a
user of a released version.  

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