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Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++
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João Távora |
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Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++ |
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Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:26:21 +0100 |
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Clément Pit-Claudel <address@hidden> writes:
> On 2017-10-14 12:29, João Távora wrote:
>>> On 14 October 2017 at 09:00, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> See
>>> http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/user/flycheck-versus-flymake.html#flycheck-versus-flymake
>>>
>>
>> That page is now completely outdated [...] please don't advertise a
>> misleading comparison.
>
> That's a strong statement, and I don't think it's fair: this page is
> intended to help users chose between Flycheck and Flymake *now*.
I don't know if we agree, but to me, "misleading" is not the same as
"ill-intentioned": I don't think I in any way implied that the page, its
authors or its proponents are or have ever been ill-intentioned (and for
the record, I don't believe so).
I just don't think it makes any sense to advertise that comparison
and/or to make any decisions based on it right now. You must agree that
decisions are things that affect the future and that when they are based
on outdated information, they have a higher probability of being
misled. So that's why I characterized the page as "misleading" and
that's why I politely asked Reuben to stop advertising it.
> Your Flymake update hasn't been released yet, so an update to that
> page comparing against the unreleased Flymake would mislead readers
> into thinking that Flymake can do more for them that it really can at
> this point.
I also didn't ask anyone to update the page, though I volunteered to
help. Again, I just asked to stop advertising it as a decision-making
premise and explained why.
> We do have a serious interest in updating it :) Could you help?
I can certainly fill in the gaps that aren't clear from the Flymake
manual, if you have already read it.
> I'd love to mention that a new release of FLymake, fixing most of
> these deficiencies, is in the works.
I think that this very phrase added somewhere visible is just fine, with
optional love of course :-)
João
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, Stefan Monnier, 2017/10/14
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, Sami Kerola, 2017/10/14
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, João Távora, 2017/10/14
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, guillaume papin, 2017/10/14
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, João Távora, 2017/10/14
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, Reuben Thomas, 2017/10/14
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, Clément Pit-Claudel, 2017/10/18
- Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++,
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Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++, João Távora, 2017/10/14