From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Ruby-mode in emacs Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 21:45:40 -0400 Message-ID: References: <878wxxgdu1.fsf@gmail.com> <877idgstud.fsf@hagelb.org> <87hcck6c6i.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211852858 8415 80.91.229.12 (27 May 2008 01:47:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 01:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: zn@mbf.nifty.com, Paul R , Phil Hagelberg , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 27 03:48:18 2008 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 1K0oIS-00077v-Nm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 May 2008 03:48:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60748 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K0oHh-0003Ql-D1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:47:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K0oHc-0003OZ-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:47:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K0oHZ-0003Jy-96 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:47:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54632 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K0oHZ-0003Jr-3q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:41318) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K0oHY-0003Je-UX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:47:21 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1K0oFw-0003nq-Bl; Mon, 26 May 2008 21:45:40 -0400 X-Spook: Mole Waco, Texas enigma Dick Cheney NASA Roswell White X-Ran: =!3=]Y">7LI]|?wD:MOxW:>.71yl-lg;UNS3zd%lM{l?t~=^$vTcVh;vU1]=[1Vi{2j!>| X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87hcck6c6i.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 26 May 2008 16:30:13 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:97770 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: > Phil Hagelberg writes: > >> Actually, the Ruby developers have already offered it to be included in >> Emacs: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-06/msg00051.html >> It looks like there are a few things that still need to be done >> according to Richard > > Indeed. The process, unfortunately, seems to have stalled. I just > contacted the developers, and hopefully we can speed this process > through. Here's the text of the last email I sent, back in November. I had no reply. The process stalled due to two problems the Ruby developers had. I hope you have better luck. (I no longer have time to do the comments.) Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote (on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 at 18:02 +0900): > * there were other contributers in past, but we can't contact them > now. Richard Stallman said that if the two of you are willing to sign assignments, we can ask a lawyer whether we need to worry about unknown authors. Can you estimate how much code these other contributors wrote (in total, and per author)? http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00364.html > * detail comment for all functions is tough. I would be willing to do all this work, if the legal issues can be sorted out.