Re: My resignation from Emacs development

[Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>]

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  > I have to agree with Eli.  Although it would, in hindsight, certainly
  > have been better to discuss these particular changes in more detail in
  > advance,

I too have complained that major changes were not being discussed in the
way that they call for.

I think this incident shows that we need to make a rule to ensure
they get discused properly.  Some ideas occur to me, which could form
a part of this.

Here's one possible approach that occurs to me.
It's not the only approach that could be good.

* A new feature must be brought up on emacs-devel with a clear description.

* If anyone on the list says, "This feature calls for careful discussion,"
then maintainers must respond saying, "We will now have 14 days for discussion
of this feature."

* 14 later, a maintainer can post, "We have had 14 days of discussion for
the feature XyZ.  Here's how the plan stands now.  Does anyone call for further
discussion?"

* If anyone on the list says, "This feature calls for further
discussion," then maintainers must respond saying, "We will now have 7
days for further discussion of this feature."

* 7 days later, the maintainers can install the feature.

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