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: Any exceptions for the 15-line rule? Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:30 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87d2tgu0ad.fsf@yandex.ru> <871u9wyxaz.fsf@yandex.ru> <517BD66C.8030906@yandex.ru> <8761z31dv4.fsf@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1367424132 9135 80.91.229.3 (1 May 2013 16:02:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 16:02:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 01 18:02:12 2013 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 1UXZTe-00054U-9O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 18:01:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52609 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXZTd-0000hp-2L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 12:01:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39961) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXZSM-0007T9-53 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXZSJ-0005y4-Ph for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:34 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39803) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXZSJ-0005y0-LC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UXZSI-0003O5-Be; Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:30 -0400 X-Spook: spies SAFE quiche Bosnia Commecen Firefly enemy of the X-Ran: 3M%52:\G(YA(940aqo#e!x3URjT=9x/jjv`$]?=-%bjFPL{_rU56UdIai'EWlT 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:159243 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov wrote: > https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/pull/101 > https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode/pull/100 > > (add .diff at the end of each URL to see the plain diff) I think it is fair to call those a tiny change; assuming there is nothing else by the same author. The 15 lines thing is not totally literal. A mechanical s/foo/bar on a 100 lines is still a tiny change. > On the face of it, both patches exceed 15 lines in total, but I hesitate > to ask for CA over something this simple (this would also mean delaying > the next merge from Git to elpa for however long that takes). But let's not make copyright assignment out to be something daunting, or to be avoided. It's pretty straightforward, very much so if the person is in the USA. And if it causes a delay, well that's just how it is.