From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Federico Tedin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Questions about developing Emacs Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:06:36 +0100 Message-ID: <87blqbwetv.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="90326"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 06 23:07:25 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1izpIx-000NNZ-5O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 23:07:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47044 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1izpIw-0008Sk-7q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:07:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51211) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1izpII-000819-2i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:06:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izpIG-0003q7-Ux for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:06:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wm1-x333.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::333]:53891) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izpIG-0003dC-OS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:06:40 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wm1-x333.google.com with SMTP id s10so525177wmh.3 for ; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:06:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=D7qme3dlnEYyQdO7lbwR5qmS4QBQNLgBJDE/zkJa+g4=; b=eYUNJAZSj+ZIL1FSn4g7xtOBzIzyWmiOynCE21Ckg2AgFBH5LNv/7CHmV8H7BVqbO9 qZDw1DUC6ly+zXkELgDOHH5xbHeitq9azImifuv9IqEelBgLRP3jN5I4jwGzzpalCk2b I/4rUpmWQDYkesgICUg8VOvYqWdEA4iBbS6Up25zFP3/t83degGtdatPrsgCpErBbbD2 X82fk5zGCAHURJUzNsLSNGn4KLyB9JBoaaodHasoS8hqA8Q8XMeSMtqQ+gkQp5J/woMV vAuRvHYJoseOmbvAYJhccbZW3AN6pMGoI6HTNrxZzsFlscBX1mAdXBQNSnVptfLAgNQe z7GQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=D7qme3dlnEYyQdO7lbwR5qmS4QBQNLgBJDE/zkJa+g4=; b=syfeVYOaN38H3jxU3yDQyrLaYdCnjC+/5oMHhu1ClXlLLqQFlH5Nc6ZP5Zaj6y2iPL jdZS9vxdyHIGdQ9QdMAIijEV9MQXSLTkCxO7HuAkqDhS8Fe8Q+i54bVECo/+G+u4yebX gum6egWdhp70lveDGd/GXsO9n3qjombm0t9xzPaO3lc00lHi/qT68IAlDoSQSlNAnCDb HfUsN4vYOiYRQ5hA0E+5xQQgVG+cVpK5DzCfUQa0I/0bSMf2TZo3RlAEz6TsRLJEnKT1 iLhYJjeMRn56a+baB1QDUunWNhEBxVLw2IeF5UUUBL2j1kMN4TBMs8SfiLkHM1gANrTF mRLA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX2h28ZoypXocny0qVUgpvVWZ+zqc2Yg+iojFXdX2iA+ZcBYuzo pmBWEmHh1811CSgu3egOcYDtzSsG X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqybVyymOwuK47exFUhlOfiZb/0CaV7EPAG/Tk2vV7F84yhsoQeFdAbeQF0eakmUluMw8aY9Aw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:218b:: with SMTP id e11mr6908637wme.56.1581026798231; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:06:38 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from lead ([2a02:8109:8ac0:2ff0:bc4b:ff10:27fe:4afc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m9sm810457wrx.55.2020.02.06.14.06.36 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:06:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:23:19 -0500") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::333 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:244885 Archived-At: >> - Will replies to older bugs (say, 1 or 2 years old) still get noticed >> by the maintainers? > > All emails about bug reports get sent to the mailing-list > bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, so yes it will be seen by those who subscribe to > this list. You can also explicitly add a `Cc:` if you want input from > someone in particular (e.g. I don't subscribe to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > any more, so if you want my input on a particular bug, make sure I'm in > the `Cc:`). > >> - What's the best way of moving from fixing small things, onto >> adding/modifying larger parts of how Emacs works? I imagine that this >> greatly depends on the amount of time spent working on the project. > > Beside Eli's answer, you might also get ideas from discussions (where > members of emacs-devel may be able to help you move from a local > problem to a more far-reaching solution). > > > Stefan I'm taking note of both things. Thanks!