GNU bug report logs - #40671
[DOC] modify literal objects

Previous Next

Full log

Message #288 received at 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>, 40671 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, ke.vigouroux <at> laposte.net
Subject: RE: bug#40671: [DOC] modify literal objects
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:15:03 -0700 (PDT)

> > Remember your curly-quote
> > crusade?  You did the same thing then, with similar
> > complaints about acting widely, unilaterally, and
> > prematurely.
> 
> I disagree about the comparison. The curly-quote was (still is) a
> fiasco, a big scope of changes (and breakages) with comparatively
> little practical benefit. This bug report at least deals with a
> real problem.

Yes, I agree about that difference.

> And of course it's much easier to criticize (what a lot of us have been
> doing) than provide actual wording changes. So I wouldn't say
> committing too soon was a significant problem in this particular
> instance. It's not a far-reaching change, and we could still revert it.

And I agree with you there, too.

But I think Michael's point was about the
cooperation/attitude, not the nature or difficulty
of the problem to solve or the magnitude of any
problem of undoing committed changes.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.