From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS file Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:28:31 +1300 Message-ID: <18376.63375.830019.246743@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <18375.18663.981150.252393@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87ir088d1y.fsf@red-bean.com> <18375.60094.959733.716249@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87skzb5r3l.fsf@red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204352953 11213 80.91.229.12 (1 Mar 2008 06:29:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 06:29:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Karl Fogel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 01 07:29:38 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JVLE0-0007DY-0U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:29:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVLDT-0001ux-95 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:29:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVLDP-0001sx-AW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:28:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVLDK-0001lS-Mc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:28:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVLDK-0001lK-BI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:28:54 -0500 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JVLDJ-00062g-Vu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:28:54 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (98.30.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.30.98]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E6B3DA8A6; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:28:51 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D13F68FC6D; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 19:28:34 +1300 (NZDT) In-Reply-To: <87skzb5r3l.fsf@red-bean.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 23.0.60.26 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:90956 Archived-At: > > Chaos is never favourable, although anarchy may sometimes be. Someone has > > to always arbitrate over any disagreement. > > This is not true. For example, in the Subversion project there is no > arbitrator. We try for consensus, and if there is unresolveable > disagreement, the global committers vote. > > A vote has happened only twice in the history of the project: That sounds like arbitration to me, but it certainly appears that the Subversion project is fortunate in that disagreement doesn't often occur. In any case, there doesn't appear to be much support for a written constiution (AKA MAINTAINERS file). So be it. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob