From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: On the subject of Git, Bazaar, and the future of Emacs development Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:48:49 +0300 Message-ID: <83hajmf2dq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ehf1cwc4.fsf@maru.md5i.com> <20130331220136.GA16863@saturn> <83ip44iw3b.fsf@gnu.org> <83mwtef9f5.fsf@gnu.org> <87vc82unsw.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365108503 5956 80.91.229.3 (4 Apr 2013 20:48:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 20:48:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: sds@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 04 22:48:51 2013 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 1UNr5W-00036q-SC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:48:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34546 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNr58-0006m1-1e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:48:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41004) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNr51-0006lI-8f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:48:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNr4w-0007Ra-Gd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:48:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:46727) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNr4w-0007RH-6I; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:48:14 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MKQ00G00ZX3OZ00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:48:12 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MKR00GJC0GBQP00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:48:12 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87vc82unsw.fsf@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 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:158658 Archived-At: > From: Sam Steingold > Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:57:03 -0400 > > > I hope that people who contribute to Emacs (and any other project) are > > first and foremost interested in advancing the project, and any other > > considerations are secondary. > > This is a very simplistic view, IMHO. You've got to see the wood, trees notwithstanding. > Many people contribute because they have a personal itch to scratch. > If scratching the itch involves an "unpleasant experience" (struggling > with an unfamiliar VCS, paperwork - you name it), some people would > forego the scratching. Exactly what I have with Gawk and Make. But the itch wins, as I think it should. > Many people contribute to several projects and have to balance their > time between them, and if contributing to one project is unpleasant for > some reason, they may dedicate less of their time to it. Yes, that's what I do, too. With Emacs available through git for a long time, and patches welcome from people who for some reason cannot commit themselves, I don't see too many reasons for unpleasant experience in the case in point.