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: Emacs rewrite in a maintainable language Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:43:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87egh1kx83.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <561A19AB.5060001@cumego.com> <87io6dl0h0.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83vbadp69k.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444592636 13906 80.91.229.3 (11 Oct 2015 19:43:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:43:56 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 11 21:43:48 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 1ZlMX4-00018w-Ha for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:43:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49544 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlMX3-0003xK-R0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:43:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36412) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlMWi-0003wV-40 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlMWc-0008L4-Fz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:43:24 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:60835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlMWc-0008Kx-9D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZlMWZ-0000f8-BS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:43:15 +0200 Original-Received: from 198.red-83-32-113.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([83.32.113.198]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:43:15 +0200 Original-Received: from ofv by 198.red-83-32-113.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:43:15 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.red-83-32-113.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/OXcnJTyIAbb0jxw+xgNdD+xV70= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:191263 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > It's all a pipe dream, no more, unless someone steps forward who > really intends and is able to do the job. And that is even before we > start talking about which alternative language should that be, > something that in itself is not a trivial decision. I agree, but the key here is that others said "No, there is no need or advantage on doing so." Your response is of a very different kind. > Also, please note that, due to a strange coincidence (or maybe > something else), doing so will require the same talents you rightfully > say are at premium. What does that tell us about the probability of > finding such individuals? Yes, coordinating all the volunteers for the task will be no problem. However, it is not absolutely necessary to have a global understanding of the module that it is being translated to the new language. Depending on the target language, a shallow knowledge can be sufficient. This makes the requirements for the translator job to be much less stringent than those for the maintainer of the same module.