l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
Hi!
Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes:
In addition to its manual, the package should have a file named
@file{NEWS} which contains a list of user-visible changes worth
mentioning. ...
So I'd say that use of Gnulib (in general) should not be
Hello,
Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes:
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
(I think we don't disagree on what `NEWS' should contain, but on whether
Gnulib qualifies as user-visible.)
I would certainly agree that individual portability fixes should be in
NEWS. Is that what
ludovic.cour...@inria.fr (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes:
I'm really not sure. It's an interesting idea. And I think it
touches on the part of GNU philosophy that tries not to draw a firm
line between users and developers. Do you think it's worth asking
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
I think GNU users, especially on non-GNU platforms (proprietary Unices,
etc.), have come to know what Gnulib is, and to appreciate it
(hopefully), which is why I thought it would make sense to mention it.
Perhaps it should go in a new section of the
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes:
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
I think GNU users, especially on non-GNU platforms (proprietary Unices,
etc.), have come to know what Gnulib is, and to appreciate it
(hopefully), which is why I thought
Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes:
I'm really not sure. It's an interesting idea. And I think it
touches on the part of GNU philosophy that tries not to draw a firm
line between users and developers. Do you think it's worth asking
people on gnu-prog-discuss?
Yes, why not. Would
Hello!
Neil Jerram n...@ossau.uklinux.net writes:
Julian Graham jool...@gmail.com writes:
** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid
** Guile now uses components from Gnulib for portability to a wider
variety of POSIX and non-POSIX systems.
I see where you're heading with this, but
Greets,
It seems that some of the NEWS entries that are currently there for the
1.9.0 release reflect awesomeness, but not awesomeness which users can
react to.
Specifically, I am going to remove the following NEWS entries, which are
great stuff but thankfully invisible to the user:
**
Hi Andy,
As mentioned on IRC, I bet there are ways to pitch these changes to
make them comprehensible to users. I think you're right to ditch the
second one, but for the first and third:
** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid
** Guile now uses components from Gnulib for portability
Andy Wingo wi...@pobox.com writes:
Greets,
It seems that some of the NEWS entries that are currently there for the
1.9.0 release reflect awesomeness, but not awesomeness which users can
react to.
Specifically, I am going to remove the following NEWS entries, which are
great stuff but
Julian Graham jool...@gmail.com writes:
Hi Andy,
As mentioned on IRC, I bet there are ways to pitch these changes to
make them comprehensible to users. I think you're right to ditch the
second one, but for the first and third:
** Guile now uses Gnulib as a portability aid
** Guile
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