emacs-mirror on github.com

emacs-mirror on github.com

[Stefan Kangas]

Who is running the following GitHub repository?

    https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs

Some people seem to be confused by this and are sending Pull Requests
there, which presumably means that the proposed patches never reach us.

I think we should find out who runs it and ask them to please:

1. Update the repository description to clearly explain where to report
   bugs, send patches and feature requests.

2. Close the open pull requests.  (The more PR's are open, the more it
   encourages others to open more.)

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:

> Who is running the following GitHub repository?
>
>     https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs

I don't know; see also:

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/4bg3b6/what_is_the_emacs_github_mirror_for/

-- 
Basil

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Philippe Vaucher]

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> Who is running the following GitHub repository?
>
>     https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs
>
> Some people seem to be confused by this and are sending Pull Requests
> there, which presumably means that the proposed patches never reach us.
>
> I think we should find out who runs it and ask them to please:
>
> 1. Update the repository description to clearly explain where to report
>    bugs, send patches and feature requests.
>
> 2. Close the open pull requests.  (The more PR's are open, the more it
>    encourages others to open more.)


Just adding @tarsius and @purcell to the discussion, because I'm pretty
sure at least one of them knows who to redirect to :-)

Kind regards,
Philippe

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Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[황병희]

> I think we should find out who runs it and ask them to please:
>
> 1. Update the repository description to clearly explain where to report
>    bugs, send patches and feature requests.
>
> 2. Close the open pull requests.  (The more PR's are open, the more it
>    encourages others to open more.)
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas

I am very much AGREE with Stefan' opinion!!!

Sincerely, Byung-Hee

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Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Steve Purcell]

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Yeah, that would be Jonas. :-)

> On 20 Aug 2020, at 07:32, Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Who is running the following GitHub repository?
> 
>     https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs <https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs>
> 
> Some people seem to be confused by this and are sending Pull Requests
> there, which presumably means that the proposed patches never reach us.
> 
> I think we should find out who runs it and ask them to please:
> 
> 1. Update the repository description to clearly explain where to report
>    bugs, send patches and feature requests.
> 
> 2. Close the open pull requests.  (The more PR's are open, the more it
>    encourages others to open more.)
> 
> Just adding @tarsius and @purcell to the discussion, because I'm pretty sure at least one of them knows who to redirect to :-)
> 
> Kind regards,
> Philippe 


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Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Richard Stallman]

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Is there any good reason for that repo to exist?
Maybe it should not.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Steve Purcell <steve@sanityinc.com> writes:

> Yeah, that would be Jonas. :-)

Are you sure you're thinking of

  https://github.com/emacs-mirror

and not Jonas'

  https://github.com/emacsmirror

?

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Basil

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Jonas Bernoulli]

Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com> writes:
> Just adding @tarsius and @purcell to the discussion, because I'm pretty
> sure at least one of them knows who to redirect to :-)

I don't know either.

I have tried to contact them by opening an issue, but they ignored that.
It's not possible to open issues in this repository anymore (or look at
old ones), but since Github doesn't allow disabling pull-requests, that
can still be used to attempt contact.  Just make sure to use a very
engaging subject line and be very patient. :/

     Jonas

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Yuri Khan]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 at 16:32, Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li> wrote:

> Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com> writes:
> > Just adding @tarsius and @purcell to the discussion, because I'm pretty
> > sure at least one of them knows who to redirect to :-)
>
> I don't know either.
>
> I have tried to contact them by opening an issue, but they ignored that.
> It's not possible to open issues in this repository anymore (or look at
> old ones), but since Github doesn't allow disabling pull-requests, that
> can still be used to attempt contact.  Just make sure to use a very
> engaging subject line and be very patient. :/

I see that the repository page displays the README from the root
directory. Maybe put a section in there saying “We know there are
mirrors on Github; none of those are official and if you send pull
requests they *will most likely* be ignored and you *may be but not
guaranteed to be* laughed at. Instead, please send your contributions
by invoking M-x report-emacs-bug”. (Rephrase for kindness if
necessary.)

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Steve Purcell]

> On 20 Aug 2020, at 19:42, Basil L. Contovounesios <contovob@tcd.ie> wrote:
> 
> Are you sure you're thinking of
> 
>  https://github.com/emacs-mirror
> 
> and not Jonas'
> 
>  https://github.com/emacsmirror


Indeed, sorry!

Re: emacs-mirror on github.com

[Richard Stallman]

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

  > Are you sure you're thinking of

  >   https://github.com/emacs-mirror

  > and not Jonas'

  >   https://github.com/emacsmirror

The existence of two github repos with those names is confusing in
itself.

If those repos serve useful purposes, could people please move them
off of github?  We give github a failing grade on ethical grounds.
(See https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html.)

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)