From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22670: Upgrading Emacs Packages and Pay What You Want Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:44:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87vb5qkin5.fsf@setyourwaypoint.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455558321 15225 80.91.229.3 (15 Feb 2016 17:45:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22670@debbugs.gnu.org To: Joshua Branson Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 15 18:45:08 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCt-0002W4-Ha for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:45:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34758 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCs-000468-H2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:45:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35245) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCp-00044m-Dp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:45:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCo-0004GW-Ek for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:45:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49605) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCo-0004GG-2G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:45:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCn-0005Ne-S4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:45:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:45:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22670 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22670-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22670.145555826820620 (code B ref 22670); Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:45:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22670) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Feb 2016 17:44:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40380 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCF-0005MV-M6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:44:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43656) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNCE-0005MJ-M5 for 22670@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:44:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNC8-0003xu-Ji for 22670@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:44:21 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55915) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNC7-0003xc-1a; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:44:19 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aVNC6-0006zc-G6; Mon, 15 Feb 2016 12:44:18 -0500 In-reply-to: <87vb5qkin5.fsf@setyourwaypoint.com> (message from Joshua Branson on Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:54:22 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:113085 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > Essentially, is it possible > to create a pay-what-you-want.el package, that will store your payment > credentials, and allow users to seamlessly give tiny donations to emacs > developers on certain updates: ie: a new version of a package came out > (Gnus 10.0), or emacs now implements threads, or emacs can now > understand mental commands? I envision this package working as follows > (but by no means am I dictating how it has to work): When these > important milestones are reached, emacs would prompt you before > downloading the package to pay what you want for these updates. It's a fine idea. The hard part is how to do the payments. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.