Re: A proposal for a friendlier Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > > Should we really conflate the set of Emacs
  > > > users with "registered repository users"?
  > > 
  > > I don't follow you.  You seem to be criticizing
  > > something but I don't know what.

  > (A question is criticism now?)

That question is a criticism because it uses the word "conflate".
That word asserts that something is a mistake.

I did not know know what it was that allegedly is a mistake.
But you explained: it was this:

  The number of registered repository users who
  have clicked on "add to favourites" for the
  package in question.

  > I questioned whether "registered repository users"
  > is a good proxy for Emacs users.

No, you suggested I was "conflating" things, and that
is always unkind.

As for whether it is a good proxy, I don't know and
I said nothing about that.


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Dr Richard Stallman
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