From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Kickstarter for Emacs Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:35:14 +0530 Message-ID: <81k41cs1d1.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87wr5dfm9v.fsf@gnu.org> <878vht9kjr.fsf@gmx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334815552 18439 80.91.229.3 (19 Apr 2012 06:05:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:05:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Tom Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 19 08:05:51 2012 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 1SKkV2-00083E-7o for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:05:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53385 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKkV1-00007H-Dp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:05:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38786) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKkUx-00006u-RE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:05:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKkUv-0004Q2-Fr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:05:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pz0-f52.google.com ([209.85.210.52]:46222) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SKkUv-0004Pw-6u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:05:41 -0400 Original-Received: by dake40 with SMTP id e40so10040721dak.39 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:05:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=SxRtZMZXR3BeFgGWboxDl9Mm2iGQRWt1y3QvTb1wnxc=; b=aOHX9tWJ1FjCiYPasFmAIoB4+VA25MlUhfb7GehI5yKWw6xhFzCK0ZcnoL2NWjDCX3 otf4/71RdjjKvWZ9i/rCbVY53DSh5an+pxImP0YcSLx+9U6EcxCc2i3+VyZzfS54xG4V 6lZjnObPpOU0zJXd/lO84PFJmKG6gBHb/jVwji6JP0w4TnFNIhUP2zbPE3bDoAOapJzz /d2IlHeTh+KO1GIH3JHKJZ82zpLKaEvxE7Az2tsdICdgTdKgD5PNe3P8TM8LTae1F510 i3406peg1X+5ipMPoJWmZDAMwEEdGxFoGZWNUaVYCuwesCvA/7APOvcBZZInEQplFihT gXWw== Original-Received: by 10.68.220.65 with SMTP id pu1mr2587901pbc.32.1334815539196; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:05:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from JAMBU-NETBOOK ([101.63.178.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l4sm1313332pbl.27.2012.04.18.23.05.32 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:05:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Tom's message of "Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:28:09 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (windows-nt) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.210.52 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149808 Archived-At: Restricting ourselves to just GNU Emacs (and packages that land in GNU ELPA), I think it will be simpler to exploit existing infrastructure. There is already a bug tracker. What is possibly missing is 1. Surface bugs on based on user's perception and needs 2. A way for sponsors to register themselves. Item 1, could serve as one of the inputs to maintainers to establish roadmap for the next release (or to dole out GSoC projects) Item 2, could help an enterprising developer to approach the sponsors directly. The real issue is of discovery of feature/people. (Theoretically speaking), debbugs or debbugs-based infrastructure could be used for that. There is an implicit assumption that (all) transactions between people should be mediated by (institutions) necessarily. It need not be so. --