GNU bug report logs - #61325
30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:26:34 -0500

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > What about the second one?

  > 	 If other participants complain about the way you express your ideas,
  > 	 please make an effort to cater to them. You can find ways to express
  > 	 the same points while making others more comfortable. You are more
  > 	 likely to persuade others if you don't arouse ire about secondary
  > 	 things.

This clearly pertains to a discussion between people about what to do,
with some trying to convince others of which solution to adopt.  It doesn't
make sense for a manual.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 261 days ago.

Previous Next

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