From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs contributions, C and Lisp Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:57:48 -0500 Message-ID: <46bny3astf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <52FD9F1D.50205@yandex.ru> <83mwhucg1h.fsf@gnu.org> <878ute589i.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83d2iqc84m.fsf@gnu.org> <87wqgxkcr9.fsf@yandex.ru> <834n41db0d.fsf@gnu.org> <52FE2985.4070703@yandex.ru> <831tz5daes.fsf@gnu.org> <8738jlohd6.fsf@yandex.ru> <83txc1bl83.fsf@gnu.org> <5300189A.9090208@yandex.ru> <83wqgv9fbj.fsf@gnu.org> <20140216180712.236069f6@forcix.jorgenschaefer.de> <83sirj9cyp.fsf@gnu.org> <20140217203145.71a849f7@forcix.jorgenschaefer.de> <837g8t8ouc.fsf@gnu.org> <87mwho68qu.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <18bny4cncz.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878ut7av0a.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392832668 16191 80.91.229.3 (19 Feb 2014 17:57:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:57:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jorgen Schaefer , dgutov@yandex.ru To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 19 18:57:56 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1WGBP8-0005XL-PR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:57:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32820 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WGBP8-0006db-GC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:57:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42726) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WGBP5-0006dT-Rg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:57:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WGBP5-0003KV-3Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:57:51 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39074) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WGBP5-0003KQ-05 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:57:51 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WGBP3-00064C-4w; Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:57:49 -0500 X-Spook: Ceridian constitution Agfa militia Yukon TELINT X-Ran: z$)z@{di%CqhW-!lQ@_=1o"Dm*&?Xf@TDK0$"7O*B}&%i7?{`g12`6$LRkg6\\:_"k4DG% X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:169770 Archived-At: > It is important to write your patch based on the latest version. If you > start from an older version, your patch may be outdated (so that > maintainers will have a hard time applying it), or changes in Emacs may > have made your patch unnecessary. >From experience, this is a necessary statement. For example, you are proving that here by commenting on a CONTRIBUTE version that I can tell is not the version in trunk. :) (Probably there are no major differences.) I think the only really important stuff is the first sentence. Everything else boils down to "send a patch".