From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS file Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:16:14 +0100 Message-ID: <85lk4u28td.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <18375.18663.981150.252393@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87tzjnvjhc.fsf@red-bean.com> <87zlte3848.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <877igipc17.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <87tzjmnsiz.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204885518 27075 80.91.229.12 (7 Mar 2008 10:25:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:25:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , eliz@gnu.org, jeremy@jeremyms.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 07 11:25:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JXZlm-0002s1-PJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:25:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXZlE-0006xc-Dt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:25:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXZZD-0002Rq-I3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:12:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXZZB-0002Q4-47 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:12:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXZZA-0002Ph-8q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:12:40 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXZZ9-0003zx-Ub for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:12:40 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JXZZ3-00078d-M4; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:12:33 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 107061C40B5F; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:16:14 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:36 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:91618 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > The GNU Project is not just a collection of software packages. Its > intended result is a coherent operating system. It is particularly > important therefore that GNU packages should work well with other GNU > packages. For instance, we would like Emacs to work well with git or > mercurial, but we especially want it to work well with Bzr. git is the source code management system for Linux, and Linux is the predominant kernel used (and endorsed for use) in GNU systems. I don't even think that we use Bzr for Hurd, but I have not checked. > The maintainers of one GNU package should use other GNU packages so > they will notice whether the packages work well together, and make > them work well together. One has to get off the ground first. > We also promote use of other GNU packages in this way. > Other people don't necessarily see which editor you use, > but they all see what dVCS you use. Huh? Of _course_ anybody looking at my computing will _immediately_ see what editor I use. Whereas the actual dVCS system comes only into play between editing, and then VCS hides a lot of differences. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum