+;; All supported Emacsen clear the echo area after `yes-or-no-p', so we can
+;; remove `yes-or-no-p'. RMS says that not clearing after `y-or-n-p' is
+;; intentional (see below), so we could remove `gnus-y-or-n-p' too.
+;; Objections? --rsteib, 2008-02-16
+;;
+;; ,----[ http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65099/focus=66070 ]
+;; | From: Richard Stallman
+;; | Subject: Re: Do we need gnus-yes-or-no-p and gnus-y-or-n-p?
+;; | To: Katsumi Yamaoka [...]
+;; | Cc: emacs-devel@[...], xemacs-beta@[...], ding@[...]
+;; | Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:16:05 -0500
+;; | Message-ID: <E1JBva1-000528-VY@fencepost.gnu.org>
+;; |
+;; | The behavior of `y-or-n-p' that it doesn't clear the question
+;; | and the answer is not serious of course, but I feel it is not
+;; | cool.
+;; |
+;; | It is intentional.
+;; |
+;; | Currently, it is commented out in the trunk by Reiner Steib. He
+;; | also wrote the benefit of leaving the question and the answer in
+;; | the echo area as follows:
+;; |
+;; | (http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66061)
+;; | > In contrast to yes-or-no-p it is much easier to type y, n,
+;; | > SPC, DEL, etc accidentally, so it might be useful for the user
+;; | > to see what he has typed.
+;; |
+;; | Yes, that is the reason.
+;; `----
+