From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Metaproblem, part 3 Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 18:40:02 +0800 Message-ID: <87tx193vul.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20141203142859.24393.98673@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20141203193110.GF12748@thyrsus.com> <20141203215426.GA15791@thyrsus.com> <87ppbzplcw.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <83iohr48kr.fsf@gnu.org> <83388u4bps.fsf@gnu.org> <87egsejkrt.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87tx19jpqz.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87k3255ggb.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <83egsd140z.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417862095 27178 80.91.229.3 (6 Dec 2014 10:34:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 10:34:55 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 06 11:34:48 2014 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 1XxChJ-0005Gz-VS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:34:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53992 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxChJ-0000Pv-Dv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:34:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40828) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxChA-0000Pm-RL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:34:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxCh5-0003W8-H8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:60925) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxCh5-0003W0-9x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:34:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XxCh4-00059T-MM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:34:30 +0100 Original-Received: from 61.149.185.27 ([61.149.185.27]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:34:30 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 61.149.185.27 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:34:30 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.149.185.27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wo6+ud4r5/1cNmhHExesXaiJp+s= 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:179140 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Eric Abrahamsen >> Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 16:29:40 +0800 >> >> The only reason I chimed in is because I'm one of those who would love >> to contribute more substantially, but needs guidance. For example, I've >> got the basics of an epub-editing mode in place. I'd like it to be a >> solid library, and would likely need assistance to get it there. > > Please feel free to ask your questions. My suggestion would be to ask > here if the questions are general enough and not related to any > specific code. Once you get to the stage where you have something > working that you aren't ashamed to publish, I suggest to submit it as > a patch to the bug tracker, and ask for review and specific advice > there. That's good guidance, actually -- general questions to the list, code-specific questions to the bug tracker. I'm imagining this package as destined for ELPA (no real reason, it just seems to fit there). Is the bug tracker an appropriate place to discuss external packages? E