From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Plan for inquiries about Emacs changes Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 12:47:05 +0200 Organization: GNU Message-ID: <87367owaty.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="29683"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon May 25 12:47:57 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdAeD-0007dp-2n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 12:47:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49750 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdAeC-0007i0-65 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 06:47:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54560) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdAda-0006zb-25 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 06:47:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47116) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdAdZ-00037H-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 06:47:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [2a01:e35:2fe1:f780:5da5:8841:aa57:1fdf] (port=44898 helo=guerry) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jdAdP-0007nE-Ef; Mon, 25 May 2020 06:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: by guerry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 156811A605CD; Mon, 25 May 2020 12:47:05 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 25 May 2020 00:39:53 -0400") X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:251355 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > Here's the method I propose for inquiries (we used to call them "polls") > about users' views about possible changes in well-known behaviors. I like the general approach, especially the fact that we distinguish inquiries from mere "polls". > Any comments or suggestions? > > * Make a file for the replies to go into. > > * Make a mailing address which drops all mail into the file. If the two steps above can be easily done, why not. Another way would be to have *someone* in charge of collecting and editing the various feedback. The role of this person could be extended to providing summaries when asked for, and making sure that the discussion does not stall. Even when a fully automated feedback collection, having someone helping with concluding the inquiry would help IMHO. -- Bastien