Re: Misleading messages about new versions

[Richard Stallman]

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  > >   We're glad to announce adding the new package Whatsit to XXGNU ELPA.
  > >   The initial version number is X.Y.  Here's what Whatsit does:

  > Careful, a machine (program) that pretends to have feelings is a spam
  > generator in my book.

It is not pretense.  "We" refers to the Emacs maintainers.

I think you're misusing the word "spam".  It refers to commercial
publicity sent to people who did not ask for it.  Announcements from
a project to users who sign up for them are not spam. 



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