Re: FYI: replacement for MODULES.html.sh

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Bruno Haible <address@hidden>
() Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:04:12 +0100

   [skills of gnulib maintainers]

   Maybe your point is that you are a skilled Emacs Lisp hacker,
   and want something to hack on?

No, i just wanted to post code for impatient people to use (and hack).
I did not take maintenance burden into consideration, although perhaps i
should have.  In the latest revision (i believe in a "libposix" thread),
there is more consideration, in that lists are mined from the venerable
MODULES.html.sh, but the spirit is still non-aggressive sharing for
sharing's sake (FWIW, YMMV).  It was fun to write, in any case; no need
to worry about wasted whiles.

Re Emacs Lisp not being a good fit for the skills of gnulib maintainers,
i wouldn't know.  I assumed that Emacs, older than GNU itself, would be
not so difficult a tool to wield (despite its downsides) for this group
as you seem to be saying.  If anything, i was hoping for critique on the
code from fellow programmers (of any and all stripes) so that i could
improve my own skills.

Put another way, i would be really surprised to hear all the gnulib
maintainers chime in to say, "sorry, i don't do Emacs Lisp, now and
forever".  Not only surprised, but saddened, TBH.

   [three proposals]

Thank you for these ideas -- i will keep them in mind for the next time.