Re: master 5b3c4004a9 2/2: Remove calls to intern with a static string from code that runs on X

[Po Lu]

Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org> writes:

> I'm curious, you seem to dislike the word "you".  Why is that?  There
> are 133 occurrences of that word in INSTALL and INSTALL.REPO
> (together).

It doesn't sound right, having the Makefile address the user by pronoun
is very confusing.

> But it's not what everyone who will see that message should do, right?
> Emacs developers for example might know why the build is broken and do
> something completely different, like fixing a syntax error in some
> file and type "make" again.  So it shouldn't be, or look like, an
> injunction, especially given that two options are presented and we're
> not suggesting to try both.

Emacs developers will know enough to ignore the message anyway.