From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Wohler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Incorporating patches into GNU Emacs Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:14:38 -0700 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200304190314.h3J3EcUY016384@gbr.newt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050722123 21165 80.91.224.249 (19 Apr 2003 03:15:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 03:15:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 19 05:15:18 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 196iow-0005V2-00 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 05:15:18 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 196isY-00050j-00 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 05:19:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196iod-0001QR-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:14:59 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 196ioM-0001KT-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:14:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 196ioK-0001GI-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:14:41 -0400 Original-Received: from adsl-63-205-67-50.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.205.67.50] helo=gbr.newt.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196ioK-0001DH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:14:40 -0400 Original-Received: from newt.com (wohler@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gbr.newt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id h3J3EcUY016384; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:14:39 -0700 Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" X-Mailer: MH-E 7.2+cvs; nmh 1.0.4+dev; GNU Emacs 21.2.1 X-Face: "5k'?Iz]8K@!MNcM~N?&Uw3~UkuQ+b^{)ecyVaJlgKxZsT76xpl+W$/c9RtY/Y6sz>Gg)!b>}74-9nWJC&ajPue}*aD@s"?sQ6;P]M|q1^@We1p_T(A.u[0>+]Ez|;`.biir|K7$UQS=8rxc)`O^~DJs-a7p7XENI_7c]
  • 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:13292 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13292 Aha! Now we're getting somewhere. "Stefan Monnier" writes: >> Here's a specific example from bug.gnu.emacs: A patch from an Emacs user >> who hasn't signed papers. Are you telling me that a) you'll ignore it, >> or b) you'll really go through all the trouble of getting Gustav to sign >> papers in order to use it? > > For such trivial changes, we don't need papers. That's what I thought. At which point do the changes become nontrivial? > Also, in many cases, it's easier to rewrite the thing than to get > the paperwork done. OK, so *that's* what folks do in practice. Simply take the ideas and incorporate them. Still curious about what constitutes a non-trivial patch though. -- 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.