bug#35076: [26.1] delete-face [FEATURE REQUEST]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 23:35:43 -0400
> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 35076@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Suddenly Eli can't speak or act for himself? If within the GNU project
> you're his manager or his superior, great then I see nothing wrong in
> your intervention on his behalf. I just don't understand enough about
> how the project is organized. From the limited e-mail traffic I receive,
> it seems that Eli's task is mainly to remove bugs and deficiencies from
> emacs by producing, and that your's is mainly to remove bugs and
> deficiencies from emacs by just closing them.

That is incorrect and unkind.  Stefan does a very welcome job (as do
others) of cleaning up forgotten bug reports which received no
attention or whose discussion lapsed.  I personally don't always have
time to scan old bug reports and close them, after some initial
communication about it.  Stefan and others help by taking care of bug
reports which I failed to handle correctly or timely.  I'm infinitely
thankful to them for doing this mundane job, and I think we all should
be grateful.  They make the project more successful and our bug DB
cleaner.

As it happens in this case, Stefan interpreted what I meant correctly,
but in the few cases where he misunderstands, I can always speak up
and explain the misunderstanding.  And if that means a bug should be
reopened, it takes just one email to do so.

So if you have any objections to closing this bug report, please voice
them, and we will reconsider if necessary.

TIA