Re: Sending attachments

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:30:30 -0400 Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote: 

RS>     If we establish a list of specific things, as Reiner's list for example,
RS>     it will be easier to work on it.  As I mentioned, there aren't that many
RS>     Gnus developers and refactoring code is a thankless task that tends to
RS>     take tons of time.  You should expect this to be a slow process.

RS> I understand that.  My point is, first do no harm.

RS> Since it is hard work to remove these dependencies,
RS> please avoid making more of them.  When you want to add
RS> a new file, ask yourself whether its function is inherently
RS> part of Gnus, or whether it is something general (like rfc2047.el
RS> for example) that you simply want for Gnus.  And if it is the latter,
RS> please write it in a way that doesn't depend on Gnus, and propose
RS> it for inclusion in Emacs.

I'll try to watch for this in new submissions and in my own work.

Ted