From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Any exceptions for the 15-line rule?
Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 21:50:07 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <518155CF.30202@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <y3wqriitb5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
On 01.05.2013 20:00, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov wrote:
>
>> https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/pull/101
>> https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/pull/100
>>
>> (add .diff at the end of each URL to see the plain diff)
>
> I think it is fair to call those a tiny change; assuming there is
> nothing else by the same author.
>
> The 15 lines thing is not totally literal.
> A mechanical s/foo/bar on a 100 lines is still a tiny change.
Thank you. I don't think I've seen a good definition of "tiny change"
anywhere, and there's no s/foo/bar in either of these patches, but if
you suggest to use my own judgment, that's fine by me.
>> On the face of it, both patches exceed 15 lines in total, but I hesitate
>> to ask for CA over something this simple (this would also mean delaying
>> the next merge from Git to elpa for however long that takes).
>
> But let's not make copyright assignment out to be something daunting, or
> to be avoided. It's pretty straightforward, very much so if the person
> is in the USA. And if it causes a delay, well that's just how it is.
Sure, I'll ask for CA from anyone with sizable and/or repeated
contributions. Requesting it for small one-off patches feels
counter-productive, though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-01 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-27 3:20 Any exceptions for the 15-line rule? Dmitry Gutov
2013-04-27 4:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-27 12:26 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-04-27 13:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-04-27 13:45 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-01 5:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-01 16:00 ` Glenn Morris
2013-05-01 17:50 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2013-05-01 18:06 ` Glenn Morris
2013-05-01 20:37 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-02 17:28 ` Glenn Morris
2013-05-04 5:27 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-05 5:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-05-05 7:31 ` Dmitry Gutov
2013-05-06 1:05 ` Stefan Monnier
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2013-05-01 12:33 Barry OReilly
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