From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Readings for an emacs package maintainer ? Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:21:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87ws7worgg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87k53wh16c.wl%xma@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1243873299 19519 80.91.229.12 (1 Jun 2009 16:21:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Xavier Maillard Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 01 18:21:35 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MBAGV-00036D-99 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:21:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MBAGU-0002lg-Nw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:21:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MBAGP-0002ig-Ji for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:21:29 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MBAGL-0002cw-34 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:21:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57400 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MBAGK-0002co-Vi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:21:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:44518) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MBAGJ-0008Hj-3I; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:21:23 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so2255462fga.7 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:21:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; bh=2JYN8uXVUlxPiXB0I5R45myKGGXjG1BHD5W+I4JT6kI=; b=W0n+RXEHkIzyYdDz5z2Lklz00xARFe+R6zZZyCN9GnCu6/DnpmSDEadYBI3msMO7Ct xBO+6akF0ELyBf1D6mCnBbp1poblXmMzIRJZJ3eh2/6Xki/9Jj5ELAsQUncTbb2D/RMt 8eHNI0YwftAc8ZdMXROHzZorHmfJ0lSEtiFTo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; b=qe8JsvuCoUvgGhNp/Wqmf9mIS4B6LI7pybbaephPrOCRiqAUBMTmEjyBEfS+amjLYl 1wpg8X96YCx0cnqD3fkdiSXh0xnk+j/T5sapUYhp48rAowMey0Kcm7x9WD0/aRgm3LpO GRiTeUto+07hGI0cdLV9DbxKPxbVhY3+s/8gA= Original-Received: by 10.86.68.1 with SMTP id q1mr6781581fga.34.1243873281252; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:21:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from bzg (n1sgir42.univ-paris5.fr [193.51.83.42]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm11488806fgg.3.2009.06.01.09.21.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by bzg (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83CB31624A3; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:21:19 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87k53wh16c.wl%xma@gnu.org> (Xavier Maillard's message of "Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:18:35 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:111254 Archived-At: Xavier Maillard writes: > What do you, emacs developers, do in order to have the larger > backward compatibility spectrum ? I'm under the impression that most developers only worry about backward compatibility when users complain. Which is a fairly wise way of being lazy, no? -- Bastien