From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Anderson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Fwd: [arch-users] Re: Gud lord!] Date: 09 Jun 2003 07:37:24 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <1055169445.1387.14.camel@lan1> References: <87el256zha.fsf@wesley.springies.com> <1055048489.30724.282.camel@lan1> <20030609102110.2C80.JMBARRANQUERO@laley.wke.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055169571 12675 80.91.224.249 (9 Jun 2003 14:39:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 14:39:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 09 16:39:23 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19PNnv-0003HL-00 for ; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 16:39:23 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19PO7y-000769-00 for ; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 17:00:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PNkq-00088d-E0 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:36:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PNhn-00068o-5P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19PNhk-000665-08 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:33:00 -0400 Original-Received: from pimout1-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.77]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19PNdb-0004vd-As for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:28:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (adsl-64-163-139-137.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.163.139.137])h59ESfPg088210; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 10:28:42 -0400 Original-To: Juanma Barranquero In-Reply-To: <20030609102110.2C80.JMBARRANQUERO@laley.wke.es> X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-11) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:14956 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:14956 On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 01:23, Juanma Barranquero wrote: > > On 07 Jun 2003 22:01:29 -0700 > Robert Anderson wrote: > > > Perhaps if emacs was using arch it would have 2x the contributors, since > > contributions could be done without requiring CVS write access to begin > > or work on significant contributions > > People does contribute to Emacs every day without write access to CVS. > Read access and an e-mail account is all you need to contribute > (programming skills aside, of course). Installing the stuff is logically > different from contributing. > > Juanma Sure, and people could contribute if you read them the source over the phone as well. That's all they would "need." Would you contribute if that's all the facility you had? It's not optimal, and neither is working in an non source controlled environment for developing substantial contributions. Bob