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: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:24:18 -0700 Organization: New Artisans LLC Message-ID: References: <5610207A.2000300@harpegolden.net> <83fv1r3gzp.fsf@gnu.org> <83bncf3f9k.fsf@gnu.org> <5610E0BC.8090902@online.de> <83si5r106e.fsf@gnu.org> <831td9z18h.fsf@gnu.org> <5612E996.7090700@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1444083889 26904 80.91.229.3 (5 Oct 2015 22:24:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 22:24:49 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 06 00:24:43 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 1ZjEBV-0002qA-NI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:24:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48005 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjEBU-0004vR-Mx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:24:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54243) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjEBG-0004uw-Ue for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjEBD-0006XS-0y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::230]:33486) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZjEBC-0006XM-S4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:24:22 -0400 Original-Received: by pacex6 with SMTP id ex6so188885758pac.0 for ; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:24:22 -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=LoTu7Wm4wDhnLsHjXSdOKTWE1sx2CqgKeK46qsjsf4Y=; b=QD+YkInsXcIPCMX3Svf/deFx5/10q2kYq9OCSL9G7DZcrv5ESMHiLxwoSS/Ps5Ju1g zXzpGCjx0qvu1HmC6kVkv3deUURQWIaNI0me9yoy0KmgrRywTNQOIO0X4phRy1MWU7Iu QdRYMkYKTeqY+RW76hMtDBmfSAGkmHqN6hCHohyXNh2cH/SEO7zFC7NuPJzoXWR6oxoc OsFFScJV04atZclrIeBkznz2Mmt+XIpt4QApZdyK2V0tiNiZPKQc0yEBdFSK3cyxVe4b IJbFvZradD0spo9aP66Os5Bj5t9kQ4Of7ePJ90UnfFOFiyrfyl1c3d1nWlidvz4VDFBC idtA== X-Received: by 10.68.213.164 with SMTP id nt4mr23319925pbc.100.1444083862192; Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:24:22 -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 fa14sm29685857pac.8.2015.10.05.15.24.20 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 05 Oct 2015 15:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by Vulcan.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0F7CCF082A6B; Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:24:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Artur Malabarba's message of "Mon, 5 Oct 2015 23:12:47 +0100") 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::230 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:190981 Archived-At: >>>>> Artur Malabarba writes: > I suspect there are many package authors out there who are potential > regular/semi-regular contributors, but they're unlikely to just come and ask > for permission for a number of reasons. That was my entry-drug (thanks > Stefan) and I'm sure it would work on a few others. I think you're exactly right, Artur. I bet if asked, a lot of potential contributors would say, "Who, me?" They simply haven't considered themselves in that role yet. John