From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: More metaproblem Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 11:54:01 -0600 Message-ID: <87a93256fa.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> References: <20141203142859.24393.98673@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20141203192721.GE12748@thyrsus.com> <547F6774.50700@cs.ucla.edu> <838uio5vjw.fsf@gnu.org> <20141203211447.GB15111@thyrsus.com> <871toge5zw.fsf@floss.red-bean.com> <83388v6hsq.fsf@gnu.org> <87egsftgd5.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> <85ppbymn91.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87mw7257b8.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> Reply-To: Karl Fogel NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417802065 19908 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2014 17:54:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stephen Leake , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 18:54:20 2014 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 1Xwx59-0000ZU-Fd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:54:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51721 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwx59-0007dM-4d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:54:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43054) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwx50-0007ay-D5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:54:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwx4u-0007ja-2m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:54:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22e]:44815) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xwx4t-0007jW-Tq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:54:04 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f174.google.com with SMTP id rl12so1130306iec.5 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:54:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=Tq6Z6IOywnv4fbZGq1S7Ru8AsVMackwR9R2gCbSw8eI=; b=XQri/VefD04lJifZ7DZcf3/1obLHjjW9onc24649r12G2pQHhUhOXR1szIhVupqUcl WuoGY1UYkvS/71fpQSL82Ia2bT1i8R0ztFYmongRl3U4O9ApR2V34tKVU77XVmmKTCmM NtL4JbZcADoorZ97aRM7DR2Pg0HogXbDXbbycbktZOmiUcVa7V13+kkbKaXaSB8/HtG9 fiNoQAGgU9wZKfvXd5YIpmWVSSCUAZMDn4AItcwl2uCoHYTmA7q+tyk6O9cxAFsYSz1T LbNWugFSxjKz/mj70huKlt3iTowkbfG4YUgcKdVItqeqtAq9IwhXM7eeXHPPGWmQdYN/ J8iA== X-Received: by 10.107.32.5 with SMTP id g5mr16382772iog.20.1417802043278; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:54:03 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ktab.red-bean.com (74-92-190-113-Illinois.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [74.92.190.113]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u33sm16311053ioi.6.2014.12.05.09.54.02 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:54:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Fri, 05 Dec 2014 18:40:44 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22e 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:178965 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: >> There needs to be place where a developer *who has not yet decided to >> contribute to Emacs* can land and quickly get an impression of how much >> work is involved, and what the nature of that work is. > >Contributing small patches to Emacs is easy. You report a bug, include >the patch, and someone will look at it. > >No instructions necessary beyond "git clone >git://git.savannah.gnu.org/emacs.git", really. > >(See >http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2014/11/13/welcome-new-emacs-developers/ >for details.) > >If, however, you mean complete instructions on how to be an Emacs >maintainer, that would be a very long document indeed, and I don't think >it matters one iota whether that's on the web or in ./CONTRIBUTORS. It's the continuum in between those that I think is ill-served right now.