From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.mail.mh-e.devel Subject: Re: The MH-E repository Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:27:56 -0700 Organization: Newt Software Message-ID: <15264.1117636076@olgas.newt.com> References: <25625.1117492799@olgas.newt.com> <20050601134753.A3BE910A74A@mixing.qc.dfo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117636363 20554 80.91.229.2 (1 Jun 2005 14:32:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:32:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 01 16:32:41 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdUFF-0002Dj-0A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 16:30:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdUKV-0006p1-Uo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:36:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DdUIq-0006MK-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:34:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DdUHq-00066Y-Sl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:33:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DdUHg-0005vG-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:33:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [207.69.195.64] (helo=pop-knobcone.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DdUEY-0008Aj-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:30:14 -0400 Original-Received: from h-68-165-7-193.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net ([68.165.7.193] helo=olgas.newt.com) by pop-knobcone.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1DdUCX-0005QD-00; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:28:09 -0400 Original-Received: by olgas.newt.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 38F9216F9F; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from olgas.newt.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olgas.newt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35D8316F9B; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Peter S Galbraith's message of Wed, 01 Jun 2005 09:47:53 EDT. <20050601134753.A3BE910A74A@mixing.qc.dfo.ca> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.83+cvs; nmh 1.1; GNU Emacs 21.4.1 X-Image-URL: http://www.newt.com/wohler/images/bill-diving.png Mail-Followup-To: mh-e-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:37996 gmane.mail.mh-e.devel:10461 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:37996 Peter S Galbraith wrote: > Bill Wohler wrote: > > > My two big questions are: 1) Is anyone against this, and why? > > Sometimes in the past, a MH-E developer would _try_ something, possibly > a new way of handling something. He would check the new code into CVS > and it might break the codebase a little while it was being finalized, > but it was checked in so other developers could try it out and give > feedback. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing this anymore knowing that > I'm affecting Emacs for a far greater number of users. Good observation. Note that we are not affecting Emacs users who do not use MH-E. Perhaps the Emacs developers and users who check out CVS Emacs who use MH-E are also comfortable with this. It is extremely rare. -- Bill Wohler http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane.