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: new Emacs maintainer(s)? Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:39:34 +0200 Message-ID: <86lkeyl5ix.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> References: <878xb05ras.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <200706041853.l54IrLXb006451@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200706051632.l55GWNSZ026462@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1181061588 22394 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2007 16:39:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:39:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 05 18:39:46 2007 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 1Hvc4M-0002aR-4w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:39:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvc4L-0006Ot-Ly for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:39:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvc4I-0006Oo-BD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:39:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvc4G-0006Oc-Mq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hvc4G-0006OY-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:39:36 -0400 Original-Received: from pc3.berlin.powerweb.de ([62.67.228.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hvc4F-0008PH-Pr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:39:36 -0400 Original-Received: from quinscape.de (dslnet.212-29-44.ip210.dokom.de [212.29.44.210] (may be forged)) by pc3.berlin.powerweb.de (8.9.3p3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA15365 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:39:25 +0200 X-Delivered-To: Original-Received: (qmail 30949 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2007 16:39:34 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO lola.quinscape.zz) ([10.0.3.43]) (envelope-sender ) by ns.quinscape.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 5 Jun 2007 16:39:34 -0000 Original-Received: by lola.quinscape.zz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 244538F8EB; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:39:34 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <200706051632.l55GWNSZ026462@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Tue\, 05 Jun 2007 09\:32\:23 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.51 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:72280 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > Richard Stallman writes: > > > Do you still plan to turn over Emacs maintenance to someone else? > > > > I would still like to do so. > > What can the Emacs development community can do so that this happens > sooner rather than later? > I am asserting that your time is extremely valuable, it is better > spent working on FSF/Free Software in general (and technical issues in > Emacs rather than management issues). > > > Have you made a decision on who is going to be the new Emacs > > maintainer(s)? > > > > I have not made a plan. > > Here a modest proposal to advance in that direction: name Chong Yidong > as the 22.x maintainer (assuming he wants the job), his work on > pushing 21.1 out was outstanding. ++version. While I agree that his work on 22.1 was outstanding, one has to be aware that the main task of a maintainer is not writing code, but rather setting (and following) policies, and organizing, motivating and structuring the work of others. -- David Kastrup