David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Is this really a _very important improvement_? >> >> Why is this _more important_ than reporting sensible menu bindings? > > It was a reaction due to actual user feedback about a perceived > shortcoming, so its relative importance _could_ be argued.
I never intended to start making comparisons of relative importance of each and every suggested change -- but RMS says we shall focus on fixing bugs and that he will only accept "very important improvements" before the release. That's fine, and I really doubt that _any_ improvement at this time can be considered "very important". So based on that I can understand why minor improvement A was rejected last week, but then I don't understand why minor improvement B is accepted this week. What improvements will be accepted next week? > Kim, I am obviously supportive of your patch for the sake of our > users [...] and I don't agree with (actually find it hard > to understand) Richard's assessment of its irrelevancy. I obviously agree :-) but still I can accept the rejection (at this time) based on the argument that it is not a "very important improvement" for 22.x. But then I would expect a similar rejection of other suggestions that are not "very important improvements". > But a > perceived shortcoming in one issue should not be used for blocking > progress in other areas. IMO, the only acceptable "progress area" at this time is "completing the release". Any other kind of "progress" should be rejected. > If one has > a strong opinion about something, it is hard to accept that others may > see it as mostly irrelevant. Yes, I can accept objective reasons for a rejection -- a subjective rejection based on "irrelevance" is harder to accept :-) > We are all trying to make Emacs the best that is possible, after all. Sadly, making "the best that is possible" often seems to take focus away from "finalizing the release" based on what we already have which IMO is "good enough"... (I'm no better than others in that respect :-) -- Kim F. Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cua.dk _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
