Re: Git and submitting patches to fix bugs

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2015-11-13, at 23:03, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

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>   > > In general, it might be a good idea for us to have an Emacs module written
>   > > just for Emacs development contributors, with commands to streamline our
>   > > process.
>
>   > This is a very good idea, though I'd prefer a Magit plugin/extension.
>
> We would like to have the features of Magit in Emacs,
> but we can't use Magit since the developers of Magit
> did not arrange the legal papers.
>
> Thus we seek people to implement those features afresh
> with code that we can include in Emacs.
>
> Rather than basing any further work on Magit, we should
> do further work so that it will function in the Emacs
> that we distribute.

I see.  Still, I would hope for an "unofficial" Magit extension for this
purpose.  And even in the absence of that, a VC extension for submitting
patches would be great.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University