GNU bug report logs - #31597
27.0.50; Annoying ' to ’ translation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 20:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 21588

Found in versions 25.0.50, 27.0.50

Done: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 31597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 31597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eller.helmut <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#31597: 27.0.50; Annoying ' to ’
 translation
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 19:04:02 +0300

> Date: 27 May 2018 09:32:15 -0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
> Cc: 31597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The person behind the change, Paul Eggert, simply pushed it through
> without first securing agreement from Emacs as a whole, and had the
> political skills to prevent a consensus on the matter prevailing.

This misrepresents what Paul did and say, and I think is grossly
unfair to him.  I wish we avoided such ad-hominem attacks, just
because we disagree.
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