From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: More metaproblem Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:32:41 -0600 Message-ID: <85a934qecm.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <20141203142859.24393.98673@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20141203192721.GE12748@thyrsus.com> <547F6774.50700@cs.ucla.edu> <838uio5vjw.fsf@gnu.org> <20141203211447.GB15111@thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417663995 28618 80.91.229.3 (4 Dec 2014 03:33:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 03:33:15 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 04 04:33:04 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 1XwNA4-0007OH-ND for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:33:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44286 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwNA4-0003Ku-8U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:33:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42541) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwN9u-0003Ka-TM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:32:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwN9o-0001vn-Ep for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:32:50 -0500 Original-Received: from dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.73.229]:25725 helo=dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwN9o-0001vf-9h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 22:32:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [70.94.38.149] ([70.94.38.149:49567] helo=TAKVER) by dnvrco-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id CB/00-16151-BD5DF745; Thu, 04 Dec 2014 03:32:43 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20141203211447.GB15111@thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Wed, 3 Dec 2014 16:14:47 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.94 (windows-nt) X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.130:25 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=bePlUY/B c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=AppmJ/7ZOOFWL/q6u6u93g==:117 a=AppmJ/7ZOOFWL/q6u6u93g==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=fNEgcOh0sVsA:10 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=Nby5tkL7AAAA:8 a=l0jeDZIcWSgle_azaOIA:9 a=5hEWbuFAXrIA:10 a=XijsHZuVjasA:10 a=qNlRLgawqPQA:10 a=KVfpetwUzBQA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 107.14.73.229 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:178795 Archived-At: "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > For Emacs to attract new developers, its code and the culture need to > be discoverable. As part of this, practice rules need to be *clear*, > *documented*, and *minimal*. Right now they fail all three tests. +1 -- -- Stephe