Re: New maintainer

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Przemysław Wojnowski <esperanto@cumego.com>
> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:03:14 +0200
> 
> W dniu 04.10.2015 o 08:26, Eli Zaretskii pisze:
> >> IMHO one problem might be that, due to lack of roadmap and clear
> >> priorities, a lot of different things are developed at the same time,
> >
> > I don't think you can prevent that in a project as multi-faceted and
> > multi-discipline as Emacs, nor do I think you should want to.
> >
> [...]
> > People work on the itches they want to scratch.  I think an attempt to
> > tell them what to do and what not to will be futile at best, and at
> > worst will make some go away.
> 
> But still a roadmap, with prioritized features, would help to choose
> "the itches they want to scratch". Also it would help newcomers find
> out what to do.

Of course, it will.  It's a good thing to have that.  I just don't
think it could relieve the workload of the head maintainer and the
resulting burn-out, which is what you were suggesting, AFAIU.