Re: [External] : Re: [ELPA] New package: dired-duplicates

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "michael_heerdegen@web.de" <michael_heerdegen@web.de>,
>         "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 16:28:40 +0000
> 
> > > > If a ‘defcustom’ does not specify any ‘:group’, the last group
> > > > defined with ‘defgroup’ in the same file will be used.  This way,
> > > > most ‘defcustom’ do not need an explicit ‘:group’.
> > >
> > > All true.
> > > But "not need" doesn't imply "shouldn't have".
> > 
> > We decided that it means "shouldn't have".
> 
> I wasn't aware that such a rigid decision had been made.

We make a point of saying that in every patch review.

> However, I don't see it in the Elisp manual.

The ELisp manual documents the language, not our policy.  But even it
talks about that, in the part that was quoted.

> Perhaps you should change the text quoted by Michael,
> to make clear that you don't really mean (what most
> people understand by) "do not need", but instead you
> really mean "shouldn't have"?

I don't see a need for such a change.