Re: new Emacs maintainer(s)?

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> writes:

> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
>   >     Do you still plan to turn over Emacs maintenance to someone else? 
>   > 
>   > I would still like to do so.
>
> What can the Emacs development community can do so that this happens
> sooner rather than later? 
> I am asserting that your time is extremely valuable, it is better
> spent working on FSF/Free Software in general (and technical issues in
> Emacs rather than management issues).
>
>   >     Have you made a decision on who is going to be the new Emacs
>   >     maintainer(s)?
>   > 
>   > I have not made a plan.
>
> Here a modest proposal to advance in that direction: name Chong Yidong
> as the 22.x maintainer (assuming he wants the job), his work on
> pushing 21.1 out was outstanding. 

++version.  While I agree that his work on 22.1 was outstanding, one
has to be aware that the main task of a maintainer is not writing
code, but rather setting (and following) policies, and organizing,
motivating and structuring the work of others.

-- 
David Kastrup