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: New maintainer Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:56:57 +0300 Message-ID: <83si5r106e.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5610207A.2000300@harpegolden.net> <83fv1r3gzp.fsf@gnu.org> <83bncf3f9k.fsf@gnu.org> <5610E0BC.8090902@online.de> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443949053 30471 80.91.229.3 (4 Oct 2015 08:57:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 08:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: johnw@newartisans.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas =?iso-8859-15?Q?R=F6hler?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 04 10:57:24 2015 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 1Zif6h-0001yL-El for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:57:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41693 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zif6f-0004Mz-Ud for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 04:57:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54709) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zif6Z-0004Mh-CX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 04:57:20 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zif6W-0002iA-6w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 04:57:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:58134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zif6V-0002hg-Vj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 04:57:12 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NVO00D00U5NQG00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:57:01 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NVO00DXMU70MI60@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:57:00 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <5610E0BC.8090902@online.de> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 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:190856 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:18:04 +0200 > From: Andreas R=F6hler > CC: Eli Zaretskii , John Wiegley >=20 > doubt if there is anyone now knowing all the basic code which runs = Emacs. >=20 > OTOH maintainership --while requiring technical knowledge-- basical= ly is=20 > decision making, ruling out at cases presented by the parties. >=20 > The ability to preserve some coolness even in heated debates seems = much=20 > more important than technical knowledge in detail. All true and agreed, but _some_ minimally useful degree of technical knowledge is required for the decision making. How can the head maintainer make such decisions where he/she lacks that? And even if he/she does have the minimal knowledge, can't it be that it's not enough to make correct decisions in cases where the correct alternative is not clear-cut, and the decision needs some intuition (which is impossible without good knowledge and experience)?