From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eric S. Raymond" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Mailing list w/ gatekeeper(s) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:08:11 -0500 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20080108230811.GK32746@thyrsus.com> References: <20080108194252.49ED32C83E6@grelber.thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199833698 12696 80.91.229.12 (8 Jan 2008 23:08:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 23:08:18 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 09 00:08:37 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JCNYe-0000wt-Us for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:08:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JCNYH-00079p-Pg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:08:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JCNYD-00077D-Ll for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:08:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JCNYC-00075W-4n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:08:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JCNYB-00075E-Rx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:08:04 -0500 Original-Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5] helo=snark.thyrsus.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JCNYB-0000KT-Ht for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:08:03 -0500 Original-Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 23) id 5046C830699; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:08:11 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080108194252.49ED32C83E6@grelber.thyrsus.com> X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:86595 Archived-At: From: Richard Stallman > Subject: Re: What a modern collaboration toolkit looks like > To: Gregory Collins > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 > > 3. Mailing list w/ gatekeeper(s) > --------------------------------- > This is how mercurial manages its own development. Proposed changes are > sent in patch form to a mailing list, which is dedicated to the > discussion and review of such patches. The central repository is > read-only except for a small set of integrators. When a change has been > reviewed + tested, an integration crew member pulls the patch from email > into the central tree. > > This is the approach I'd suggest for emacs (and it's the one we > instituted for the project I maintain at my workplace). The main > advantages: > > I would be willing to try it, or a compromise between this and #1, > which would mean a larger number of people who can commit directly > to the main repository. I agree with the "compromise between this and #1". That is what I would recommend. -- Eric S. Raymond