Re: master b341e86 * CONTRIBUTE: Refer to gnulib for request-assign.future.

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

I'm not sure we want to make this change in CONTRIBUTE, or whether
it's up to us at all.

First, Gnulib is a separate project.  Did the GNU Project made them
responsible for distributing the official up-to-date version of the
assignment forms?  If so, then pointing to them is okay, I guess.  But
if not, then we just told our contributors to go to yet another place,
unrelated to Emacs, which is one more obstacle, albeit a minor one.
And what if the Gnulib repository or the Git on savannah in general is
down?

Richard, what is the canonical place and procedure to get these forms?
I always take them from fencepost, and assumed the versions there are
the most accurate ones, but maybe that's no longer the preferred place
or procedure?

IMO, a project that requires the assignment papers should be in
control of which forms are sent, and should not refer potential
contributors elsewhere.  But if I'm the only one who thinks that, I
won't insist, of course.