From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Git mirrors Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:01:44 +0200 Message-ID: <871uuifgvr.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <8762k095n4.fsf@lifelogs.com> <871uuksdxi.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87lissh32y.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87zkh8e286.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87d3e4gttq.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87ehyjrhxh.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87botmreqf.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <83vcruwqs8.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318428145 18073 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2011 14:02:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:02:25 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 12 16:02:22 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzNy-00062j-3J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:02:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48168 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzNv-0005VG-B7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:02:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34489) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzNp-0005V5-JV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:02:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzNh-0007Ni-Kk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:02:09 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:55198) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzNh-0007ND-EZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:02:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RDzNd-0005pJ-Me for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:01:57 +0200 Original-Received: from 175.red-83-45-165.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([83.45.165.175]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:01:57 +0200 Original-Received: from ofv by 175.red-83-45-165.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:01:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 175.red-83-45-165.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TtZZhnmPFEo3W/SOSlGa/p/SEMc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 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:145003 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Óscar was talking about both, and specifically asked why such a >> policy exists in the first place. > > No, Óscar was talking about the past. There's nothing in the present > condition that can justify his views and gripes. Wrong. I started this after reading that providing a git mirror is not good for GNU. [snip] > The policy was explained many times. Richard just explained it again. Where? Is this what you are talking about? : Richard Stallman writes: > I was restraining myself from making this question since long time ago: > is GNU a competing project against other *Free* projects? > > Competition is common in the free software world. > When a GNU package competes with a non-GNU package, > but we should promote other GNU projects first. Even if I could parse that, it doesn't seem an explanation, but the statement of a policy. [snip]