From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: VC-SVN problem Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 04:10:38 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040509081038.GA2932@fencepost> References: <20040508013158.GB7312@fornax.collapsar.net> <878yg4yppi.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> <20040508022659.GC7312@fornax.collapsar.net> <87d65exxnl.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1084090459 23615 80.91.224.253 (9 May 2004 08:14:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 08:14:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sun May 09 10:14:14 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BMjRu-0001aU-00 for ; Sun, 09 May 2004 10:14:14 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BMjRu-0002RO-00 for ; Sun, 09 May 2004 10:14:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BMjRn-0001J0-RO for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 04:14:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BMjQI-0000j3-EI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 04:12:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BMjOR-0007YV-IB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 04:11:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BMjOQ-0007XU-JS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 May 2004 04:10:38 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.33) id 1BMjOQ-0001G4-BD; Sun, 09 May 2004 04:10:38 -0400 Original-To: kfogel@red-bean.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87d65exxnl.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22971 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22971 On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 07:16:30PM -0500, Karl Fogel wrote: > But that brings me to a larger question, which is, what *are* the > criteria for committing to files in Emacs? I've been trying to grok > the answer by watching this list, but that's not working as well as > I'd hoped. I think it's generally `If you're not sure, ask.' Luckily there seem to be no bozos with commit access, so this seems to work pretty well. Everybody starts out feeling nervous about what's OK to commit, and so ask about everything, and then gradually become more confident and start committing without asking -- and by that time their judgement has become good enough that they don't screw things up. [Sort of like `If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it.' :-] -Miles -- Saa, shall we dance? (from a dance-class advertisement)