From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New Emacs maintainer Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:07:11 -0500 Message-ID: <87611hp2jk.fsf@red-bean.com> References: Reply-To: Karl Fogel NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446692851 11738 80.91.229.3 (5 Nov 2015 03:07:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 03:07:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: John Wiegley Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 05 04:07:31 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 1ZuAte-0003TD-KB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 04:07:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58256 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuAte-0001Oe-20 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:07:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55654) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuAtR-0001OZ-G5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:07:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuAtO-0006vx-HM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:07:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yk0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22f]:35531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuAtO-0006vt-DI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 22:07:14 -0500 Original-Received: by ykek133 with SMTP id k133so109644412yke.2 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 19:07:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=KeTBg04kBRZ1Evwj8BCXRN7oa+XST4Vn24Y8bQELN+E=; b=mhR736h5LVtXz0rePOe7AlrxoCX03jTy6xyww/Bjh5SoPEAcVoZWEklfNt4uZoLrMl oVuxhlsXNFmNG9cxJf0MJAj7xB5d3cNk2lLO50vSzUBAROxzRCI4xaCGODoApyNTzirb EC8TYGsRghxqNbRj6lfX1yR0Nn5MFriiw4qEm0WNapVDUqN6cigk2Fkf0BxbIG6WHo9r /6icjp3vr5x/SJYDUEckGHjujxMLHSJuuu5jHlpxjwA8STUOmEEl7d1SRYseYbV8vfnF a+Rf45UvFzqsooKcBN639hRfLk7rVvY8YqlOm/6ExcwlZ/Ed5kFyte9lLA4Vgujnh+IG OfYw== X-Received: by 10.31.54.83 with SMTP id d80mr5091451vka.88.1446692833837; Wed, 04 Nov 2015 19:07:13 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from klen (cpe-74-72-193-102.nyc.res.rr.com. [74.72.193.102]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g16sm3243952vke.11.2015.11.04.19.07.12 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 04 Nov 2015 19:07:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (John Wiegley's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:33:27 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22f 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:193266 Archived-At: Since we all know how to manage threads, I feel okay doing a me-too post here: Congratulations, John! You seem like the right person for the job; I hope you will feel that way in six months :-). (Not sarcasm -- I think you will!) Best, -K John Wiegley writes: >>>>>> John Yates writes: > >> Thank you John for stepping up and for whatever comprises you may have had >> to make to reach agreement with Richard. I am sure that we will all benefit >> from your leadership. > >Actually, there were no compromises made. I found Richard to be an absolute >delight to talk with. We discussed the architectural history of Pompeii, >admired his reading library, his tea collection... :) > >I think many people misunderstand his devotion to freedom as being unreasoning >in his views -- as I had, not just a few month ago! On the contrary: I >proposed several Emacs-related ideas that I expected him to balk at, only to >find he happily considered everything, even suggesting further improvements. >At no point did I ever get the feeling that I was speaking to a closed mind. > >I only wish I lived nearby so I could spend more time with him. He is truly an >amiable fellow. I have no worries about our ability to find a common path in >future, if issues that threaten his goals for software freedom arise. > >John