From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Michael Reilly Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:20 -0500 Message-ID: <47C13314.5090107@pajato.com> References: <200712311714.lBVHEdvC029794@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <877iiu1jxo.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <200802220527.m1M5R3SM018698@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <47BFE4B8.8090602@pajato.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203843932 17854 80.91.229.12 (24 Feb 2008 09:05:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: miles@gnu.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 24 10:05:57 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 1JTCnS-0005L5-1b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:05:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTCmv-0006X3-85 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTCmn-0006Wx-C5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JTCmk-0006Wc-JS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JTCmk-0006WV-DG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTCmc-0003w9-8L; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:30 -0500 Original-Received: from 68-191-253-210.static.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.191.253.210] helo=copa.pajato.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JTCmZ-0008K7-Oz; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (copa.pajato.com [68.191.253.210]) (authenticated bits=0) by copa.pajato.com (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1O94K66010048 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:23 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) In-Reply-To: X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (copa.pajato.com [68.191.253.210]); Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:24 -0500 (EST) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Greylist: delayed 83023 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at nadesico; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:04:27 EST X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:90208 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > Wow! That has to be one of the most understated email messages I've > seen in ~30 years of receiving email, most of it using Rmail. > > People are writing as if I had announced my final retirement. > This is just a matter of other people maintaining Emacs. I think most people realize that you're not packing in your laptop but that your announcement is a chance to say something that otherwise might seem out of place, specifically how grateful most of us are for Emacs and your many accomplishments. And a chance to offer up a vote of confidence in Stefan and Yidong. Enjoy, -pmr