Re: Introducing 'unrecognized and 'ignored

[Eric S. Raymond]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>:
> speedbar doesn't actually want a list of "admin dirs used by VCS".
> Instead it wants a list of "directories not to show in speedbar",
> e.g. "dirs used for things like meta-data".  VCS are probably the most
> common users of meta-data directories, but not the only ones.

Right.  If those other classes of metadata directories have elisp packages
that naturally own them, them I think speedbar ought to refer back to those
packages.

> > This seems wrong to me, violating what database people call the SPOT
> > (Single Point Of Truth) rule.
> 
> Just because it's not in VC doesn't mean it can't be put in a single
> spot, right?  ;-)

Certainly not.  But, since VC needs the information anyway, where else
would you put them?
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