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File ... is large (... MiB), really open? (y)es or (n)o or (l)iterally

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Message #87 received at 45412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 45412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net, jidanni <at> jidanni.org,
 mardani29 <at> yahoo.es
Subject: Re: bug#45412: File ... is large (... MiB), really open? (y)es or
 (n)o or (l)iterally
Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 11:57:53 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> We decided to quote 'like this' in NEWS and ChangeLog files, AFAIR.
> Since ChangeLog files are nowadays produced from the Git log, I
> thought this was in effect there as well.

It makes sense to insist on a convention in the NEWS file, but in the
commit messages (and therefore ChangeLog files), that requires more
effort than it's worth.  (And very few people seem to be following the
same conventions currently.)

There's too many hurdles to contribute to Emacs already -- let's not add
more.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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