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 10:13:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83vban14y5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <560CCEBA.9080607@online.de> <874miapdhs.fsf@openmailbox.org> <87pp0yktyx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <22029.59130.54156.957525@turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87io6pnujl.fsf@red-bean.com> <874mi840si.fsf@wanadoo.es> <561034C3.2060101@cumego.com> <838u7j2lq0.fsf@gnu.org> <5610CF32.6080701@cumego.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443942856 12546 80.91.229.3 (4 Oct 2015 07:14:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 07:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?Przemys=C5=82aw?= Wojnowski Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 04 09:14:08 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 1ZidUk-0004dx-Kq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 09:14:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41496 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZidUk-0001KB-16 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:14:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39618) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZidUg-0001Jx-Kz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:14:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZidUd-0000ZJ-Eg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:14:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:47995) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZidUd-0000ZB-6g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NVO00700OZL0L00@mtaout26.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:16:51 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.94.185.246]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NVO008AXPK27820@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:16:51 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <5610CF32.6080701@cumego.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.182 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:190852 Archived-At: > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Przemys=C5=82aw Wojnowski > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:03:14 +0200 >=20 > W dniu 04.10.2015 o 08:26, Eli Zaretskii pisze: > >> IMHO one problem might be that, due to lack of roadmap and clear > >> priorities, a lot of different things are developed at the same = time, > > > > I don't think you can prevent that in a project as multi-faceted = and > > multi-discipline as Emacs, nor do I think you should want to. > > > [...] > > People work on the itches they want to scratch. I think an attem= pt to > > tell them what to do and what not to will be futile at best, and = at > > worst will make some go away. >=20 > But still a roadmap, with prioritized features, would help to choos= e > "the itches they want to scratch". Also it would help newcomers fin= d > out what to do. Of course, it will. It's a good thing to have that. I just don't think it could relieve the workload of the head maintainer and the resulting burn-out, which is what you were suggesting, AFAIU.