From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Shahid Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Where should I send patches Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:33:13 +0000 Message-ID: <87muwfenmu.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87o9gveqsm.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1527789291 7134 195.159.176.226 (31 May 2018 17:54:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:54:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 Cc: Emacs developers To: Kaushal Modi Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 31 19:54:47 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fORmh-0001i6-G4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 May 2018 19:54:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45502 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fORom-0004XD-KT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 31 May 2018 13:56:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35513) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fORRx-0002zG-3r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 May 2018 13:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fORRs-00056a-7q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 May 2018 13:33:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qt0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::231]:35551) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fORRs-00056M-1i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 May 2018 13:33:16 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qt0-x231.google.com with SMTP id j1-v6so28819799qtp.2 for ; Thu, 31 May 2018 10:33:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=/CK/+9kF9Z9egUjW2+0v+l9xDg4hWuZ5q37ecC56JqM=; b=TyH6sJO0Nhlb36VaVpJ95NYpvZ3REH6YQQzRoLubjsKIqCyEAARDMgQkDH9FBbao7J NnYLve5gvSY00M15sr9vQfI9KWg7bHHtOfgy1CInd8evoF8p68XTNNRfFjWrHRIakqdC 9UJDtPRgQmv2bk98EqeL4HmbqNQG6aZhr65rWOpEcUMzP9XqysphVXXHZQBPCjF0rcqy 5ctOGbZUYlfL6HUppWtLfEmKRfdlACSwh1uCTy3NBsGAK5dt1vlRCRIXGzTBJXwOPLq0 JDH7Hf+0BFuK9FUbNRIyCgBpC3qb/Ke3utq2yt0oc3cmdrkOs3H+TRb5IzJKHjMSu93V j+7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=/CK/+9kF9Z9egUjW2+0v+l9xDg4hWuZ5q37ecC56JqM=; b=nUTHROwdO6POCoUB5zlzd0w1J7wzdNWFF0vSf+UgrKAFenxVdW/jyhh02QZMPRdktC tcYjMbAmJ2xpaXeDesRl4Qpu8fEi3eG11Ow/z25QNvCHeynHh/4jqPQUbY8dHJIEJuJN 7KwoJQTE9cgjl1FiK7f+rIYpf3UHdNx61tOd9W1lUXsRXixvkhZiHR3YNlRo8Rw3B3/P tFc3Dy8l54WPafrCbXpjpiWR8AiuKK5RsAv63BjR7bFod66d3a7H3uv1FpTUFKCkjrVP XyAVppteqkMR5u+zEZkPiQYMOX0xY39kB4eAqPHo/uHVcEj7EALHK8V3hAH9bzjvoLLs znkg== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E3LHaoDt6FNK2ptvSG47z0PJyKPRzPzfgHyQEB80TG5y0PDYb8w SOEnfIec9R8pnb3Ha9OzBaaXlLJi X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKIfYwd33rbftIV6I4FGgeoQcD7xXzks62sRv2mp0DcGGgjRvINf/qQUGiYe3VnBh1zpmoOF4Q== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:9805:: with SMTP id c5-v6mr7439258qvd.9.1527787995063; Thu, 31 May 2018 10:33:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from c77051f00eff (cpe-184-152-55-93.nyc.res.rr.com. [184.152.55.93]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m27-v6sm27595006qtg.75.2018.05.31.10.33.13 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 31 May 2018 10:33:14 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:225866 Archived-At: Kaushal Modi writes: > I am just a minor (may be micro) contributor to Emacs. But still I have few > comments: > > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:25 PM John Shahid wrote: > >> >> I was little confused given that I received no replies on my bug >> report[1] , which admittedly was sent last night. > > > "last night"? That's a lot of expectation. Realize that here we are > collaborating with folks all around the world, different time zones. In > general, I wait for 4 days or so before pinging back on that same "bug > report" (quoting that because that report could also be a feature request > or a patch, or anything). > Fair enough, although I feel the emacs mailing list is pretty responsive. That said, I was trying to clarify a confusion not solicit feedback on the bug report. > >> What is more confusing >> is the fact that I see patches being discussed on this >> (emacs-devel@gnu.org) mailing list instead of bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. > > > Usually patch discussion comes to emacs-devel if the discussion doesn't > resolve on that bug thread itself, or if more user feedback is needed. In my case I didn't open a bug report first. The bug report is the combination of bug and fix, hence my question on how to handle this use case ? cheers, -js