From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs contributions, C and Lisp Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:25:39 +0200 Message-ID: <83k3cs7898.fsf@gnu.org> References: <52FC3BEE.60604@yandex.ru> <52FCD2B4.5080006@yandex.ru> <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> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392737142 28487 80.91.229.3 (18 Feb 2014 15:25:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:25:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dgutov@yandex.ru, emacs-devel@gnu.org, forcer@forcix.cx To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 18 16:25:49 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 1WFmYM-0000Kb-6u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:25:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50188 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFmYL-0004sU-51 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:25:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFmYD-0004rq-J5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:25:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFmY8-0007pQ-JA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:25:37 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:44735) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WFmY8-0007pA-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:25:32 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N17000006SCMC00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:26:15 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N1700I9E6VQOS70@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:26:15 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87mwho68qu.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.184 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:169740 Archived-At: > From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) > Cc: Jorgen Schaefer , , > > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:00:25 +0000 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> There are a few other minor problems for me. For example, my last foray > >> in adding a patch to Emacs was so scary regarding the amount of red > >> tape involved in the whole process that I am somewhat reluctant to > >> commit to doing that regularly. > > > > What red tape? Emacs is about the most red-tape-less project as you > > can find, as far as the procedure of admitting a patch is considered. > > > This is an interesting difference of opinion and is probably worth > exploring; it's worth knowing what the difficulties where. That's why I asked what kind of red tape was being alluded to here. > It might also be writing this up -- is there a description anywhere of > "how to submit a change to Emacs", and should it not be in the elisp > manual? There's nothing to describe, IMO. If you don't have write access, just post the changes and ask for review or approval; if you do have write access, you just commit. > Incidentally, I say "change" and not "patch". Submitting a change these > days generally means "clone, branch, pull request". Sorry, I don't understand the subtlety.