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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org, dgutov@yandex.ru
Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:24:28 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1n39Su-0004cp-5T@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8735masxtw.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:09:15 +0800)

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[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > Let's use WebKit an an example: to report a bug, you have to decide
  > which component to report a bug to first (or what "New Bugs" is for),
  > which means you have to read their Bug Writing Guidelines and their
  > "writing a good bug report" guidelines.

We could do this -- it would take some work.  What I am not sure of
is whether it would be an improvement.  It would be useful to
get people to read our own bug reporting guidelines, but it would
discourage some people.  Which effect is bigger?  It would be hard
to predict or even to measure.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-31  4:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 154+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-28 12:03 On Contributing To Emacs xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-28 12:13 ` Po Lu
2021-12-28 12:35   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-28 19:02   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29  0:37     ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 11:36       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-29 11:41         ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 12:39           ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-29 13:04             ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 13:39               ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-29 13:46                 ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 14:06                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-29 20:19                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30  1:05                       ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 10:12                         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30 10:27                           ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 15:16                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-29 15:45                     ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-29 17:11                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30  1:09                     ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 13:50                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-30 14:00                         ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 14:50                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-31  0:45                             ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  0:49                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-31  1:12                                 ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  1:22                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-01-01  7:07                               ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-01 17:38                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-01 19:01                                   ` Debian's use of debbugs (was Re: On Contributing To Emacs) Sean Whitton
2022-01-01 21:01                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-31  4:24                       ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2021-12-31  4:44                         ` On Contributing To Emacs Po Lu
2021-12-28 12:53 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-28 12:57   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-28 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-29  4:51 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-29 14:41   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-30  0:15     ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-30  6:29       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30 10:01         ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-30 10:27         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30 10:43           ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 11:20             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30 11:35               ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  1:31                 ` Tim Cross
     [not found]                   ` <87ee5teaty.fsf@dick>
2021-12-31  3:33                     ` Tim Cross
2021-12-31  4:41                       ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  3:41                   ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 11:56               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-31  4:25               ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30 12:05             ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-30 11:51           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30 12:09             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-01 20:42           ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-01-02  7:01             ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30 20:17         ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-30 21:01           ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-12-31  0:54             ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  7:37             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-31  7:17           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-01 20:52             ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-30 21:23       ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30 23:40         ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-31  4:27           ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-31  4:27           ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-01 21:08             ` Akira Kyle
2022-01-02  7:02               ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30  4:28     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-29  5:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29  6:05   ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29  9:33     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 11:12       ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 12:24         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 12:58           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 13:13       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 13:59         ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 15:02           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 15:12             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-29 17:00               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 17:13                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-12-29 20:19                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 15:48             ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 17:17               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 23:52   ` Tim Cross
2021-12-30  6:16     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30 10:11       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-30 10:34         ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-01 20:18           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-01 20:50             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-02  6:29               ` Eli Zaretskii
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-12-27 17:55 No Wayman
2021-12-28  4:21 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 18:46 Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-26 20:11 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-27  4:15 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 11:02   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-28  4:21     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-28  8:41       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-29  4:51         ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-29 10:18           ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-30  4:28             ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30  8:17               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-31  4:26                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-31 10:28                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-01-01  4:46                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-25 18:49 xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 19:08   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 19:17       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:28         ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 19:44           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:57             ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 20:18     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-25 20:26       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 21:53         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-26  6:15           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-27  4:14           ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26  6:28         ` Po Lu
2021-12-26  6:56           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-26  7:34             ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-27  4:14               ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27  5:04                 ` Po Lu
2021-12-26  7:50             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-26 20:40               ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2021-12-26 21:06                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-26 21:33                   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-27  4:15                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 10:27                       ` Philip Kaludercic
     [not found]                         ` <E1n23zG-0007jQ-Bz@fencepost.gnu.org>
     [not found]                           ` <878rw5kteb.fsf@posteo.net>
     [not found]                             ` <E1n2QwI-0008I7-Ny@fencepost.gnu.org>
2021-12-29 10:42                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-30  4:28                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 14:13                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-27 14:27                   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2021-12-27 14:36                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27 21:27                   ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2021-12-28  3:24                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-26 15:30             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 15:29           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 20:55             ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 21:11               ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-26 22:55                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27  4:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 21:21               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27  4:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 10:24                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27 20:16                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 21:48               ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-26 22:11                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 22:15                   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-27  4:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 10:43                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-28  4:21                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-28  5:05                       ` LdBeth

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