From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Omitting "Maintainer:" Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 21:18:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1BDA128C-4B61-49D1-93FD-78D25C2C1818@gmail.com> <692E5F9E-E7FE-447F-A198-3FDB595BF816@gmail.com> <2B45EC3F-BF2D-427E-A4C7-5CE216EB4BC8@gmail.com> <07474840-38b1-8f78-c160-41556f7a11f0@cs.ucla.edu> <2807078f-19a8-4648-3c65-31772934171c@cs.ucla.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="213297"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, brandelune@gmail.com To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 19 21:18:59 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hSRKk-000tME-AT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 May 2019 21:18:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52367 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSRKj-000456-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 May 2019 15:18:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40025) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSRKb-00044y-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 May 2019 15:18:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSRKZ-0005gX-L2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 May 2019 15:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:45336) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hSRKZ-0005fN-95; Sun, 19 May 2019 15:18:47 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=stories) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hSRKS-0006NB-Iy; Sun, 19 May 2019 21:18:43 +0200 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAFVBMVEWXnp6ChIYUFBg0MjZI SUnY2clkZWPN7i54AAACfElEQVQ4jU2UwXLjIAyGpWmdM+qm3AuZnlvkybkNrM90dum5jj28/yPs j03aVSYTzBfpR0Iy1d1s/62yma1kpR7SbrMhXvt6pFLKpzY7Ux5KudvWUX/A60AZ66vz41RrSjcw DmWAQ3bOnQDWBnIDXyXnkssngIPLBspfBPoYdhCay9jBp1PzYRBpKHzFvsapa7jnYiCNUxl2bl7i eAO/s5QWKRu+nuSg2vPwAxsaEEuEjydjY9zBx1OxRCYPGcUwltZFxx28EGeCCJOgKnZadc88PyIS QmUhIeI61YACNTBgX2g4zAaAbFpOcfMouT1/5LlOZsgk6yWpboAMI5gokgOAuO8AkdjwL39O4QmA 0xj8BpjwkeuZ5OgQlNaoYdeAg7DHUc31bYC8+h/Ad69EB7p/ggdffRfHafn6Rkc1/NweLm4H8GZx Z1J9I8Xa3kATfHBhxIXRBQ52DW4HInRxwY1xA/wDYA5A9YUUiVhccE+Q7zQE5/WLxsyC/XDLHHeN Ws/tVLX941sczeGXVzZ3LwcfvKbQwZ/WT+Gd+ZqcRvTuDTw04N/t4p3/sin1Wg2tM90JIVw4PRqe UtyrO2yd+bwGH9HDByO1i+eKjNxTPb7cm1IOk3DcAde1RvdaL/6d8IBW6eDYZizNM9zQzzNL7qF0 naSxM9RdneUbxBSneZYVJ9AwARw7SDFiWOzipujUitQl7WBNURPma5TZtoGuYwd2TZrmlb+4okNF lm+AKR2nyRpcGAZfWrE2sKS0jlpNmwJ8j2MfNQy3ntckxLy9LpreDoIPbnrndvXYj+m/cVbUnNvV C+RS7R7L9v7QmdH1Nu1gIrhpt7G9Km72D59j54ao7+boAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC In-Reply-To: <2807078f-19a8-4648-3c65-31772934171c@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Sun, 19 May 2019 09:32:43 -0700") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 80.91.231.51 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:236761 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > Come to think of it, the "Maintainer:" comments are no longer worth > the effort of keeping them up-to-date, now that we have a > version-control system that keeps track of authors and committers > automatically. There's so much noise from cosmetic and routine updates in the version control system that it's really helpful to have a Maintainer: line to hint at who the real person in charge of the file is, in my opinion. But the Maintainer: emacs-devel bits don't add much value. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no