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Re: The name gnus-cloud.el
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Ted Zlatanov |
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Re: The name gnus-cloud.el |
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Sat, 16 Dec 2017 17:34:22 -0500 |
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:26:57 -0500 Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I had some followups, last one:
>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-07/msg00617.html
RS> I looked at the old conversation. It was said that the name
RS> gnus-cloud.el was a joke. I asked, what is the joke, and no one said.
RS> Now that the file is installed, I can look at it. I don't see
RS> anything in the file that is evidently a joke. What is the joke?
I think the main joke is that it's the kind of cloud that the GNU
project might produce. But it's only funny until we start analyzing it.
RS> Back then, you said,
RS> OK, I'll let you and Lars and the maintainers figure it out. Let's do
RS> the rename, if that's the decision, after the current gnus-cloud code is
RS> reviewed and merged, or it will get confusing (because the feature
RS> branch currently removes the old gnus-sync.el).
RS> That time has now arrived.
I don't see a discussion between you and Lars and the maintainers.
Please come to an agreement with them. My vote is for the Silly Party.
RS> The file starts with this:
RS> ;;; gnus-cloud.el --- storing and retrieving data via IMAP
RS> So how about renaming it to gnus-imap.el? That name is clear and fits
RS> what the program does.
RS> Or perhaps gnus-imap-sync.el; it would say more about what functionality
RS> the file provides.
I'd like to avoid pinning the name on IMAP, that's just a storage backend.
Ted