From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New maintainer Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:46:10 -0700 Organization: New Artisans LLC Message-ID: References: <560CCEBA.9080607@online.de> <874miapdhs.fsf@openmailbox.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443732417 402 80.91.229.3 (1 Oct 2015 20:46:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:46:57 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 01 22:46:52 2015 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 1Zhkkb-0003WF-6T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:46:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56198 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhkka-0004Ug-E3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:46:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46864) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhkkD-0004UC-T6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:46:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhkk9-0002a4-Q6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:46:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::234]:33154) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhkk9-0002Zi-Jn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:46:21 -0400 Original-Received: by pacex6 with SMTP id ex6so84870714pac.0 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:46:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:date:organization:message-id :references:user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=xeWETaY/rRoWCPTY6JwQHPTNmxE1eSZO0kG+guH31zs=; b=q2YAbodrfcx1NK9TR1fwn/njiNC5JBp9jZ60PGWciy7LQDqMvv4ZRnLe928V6g7L2n 7UZHDi/phsi6cwDVRrulKuTtjFxlnQlVDfp4OORMPYD43fVq6ATxiwrZ7AXoImP9W5Il YW+XPeZ8wid6zVcinijGMEeiDQWXtZTioLbtdMpGlSgduGOqhLmLnqvcf3U00Fzi5Wzj o8KsHLC/wSqaFR4pKpgE3X3aYUEozEQ6WMkVyK5OibDMRH0ZqU4m1YL2Mnn6reVQrN/H CtP0WRDyBsTMTLpfZY2g436YvEMeVuXWFjpDtsQzglRf9QUP7CpIuEis6Ko6R64GwP9z Rd+A== X-Received: by 10.68.179.133 with SMTP id dg5mr14975023pbc.0.1443732381119; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from Vulcan.local (76-234-68-79.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net. [76.234.68.79]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ya10sm8376155pbc.69.2015.10.01.13.46.19 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:46:20 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4D5E9EFBE6C4; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:46:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <874miapdhs.fsf@openmailbox.org> (Mathieu Lirzin's message of "Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:58:39 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::234 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:190597 Archived-At: >>>>> Mathieu Lirzin writes: > What about Ethical skills? I would argue that technical skills are not > sufficient especially for maintaining a major GNU package like Emacs. Using > MacOSX & iOS as main operating systems and Hangout/Skype for communications, > seems incompatible with the role to me. I also disagree with the spirit of the GPL, vocally in fact. If the requisite for maintaining Emacs is that one use (GNU/)Linux and espouse the philosophies of RMS, that is not me. However: are you looking for someone to act as an arm of the FSF, or do you want the best possible Emacs? John