From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master b341e86 * CONTRIBUTE: Refer to gnulib for request-assign.future. Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:35:00 +0200 Message-ID: <83ft0vdv57.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35985"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris , Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 16 15:36:59 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lMAob-0009En-Vx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:36:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52660 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lMAob-0002Wn-1S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:36:57 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43532) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lMAmg-0000oI-Sg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:39525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lMAmg-0008V9-Jc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1080 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1lMAmT-0000Gg-5e; Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:34:45 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:266497 Archived-At: 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.