From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:40:00 +0100 Message-ID: <87mv8bfh1r.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <8737aac0rb.fsf@wanadoo.es> <7s37aapc4g.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87fue7c32j.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87k23g1ms2.fsf@russet.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1499766052 11627 195.159.176.226 (11 Jul 2017 09:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:40:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, rgm@gnu.org, ken.manheimer@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 11 11:40:44 2017 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 1dUreq-0002RE-Jo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:40:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45175 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUrew-0001b2-4W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:40:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46816) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUreK-0001Hf-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:40:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUreJ-0002ME-Rf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:58263) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dUreE-0002Gx-J2; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 05:40:02 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=/leoeOR9PZ4HVnd4CFS7jUajMwl3enK77IoX5sE+4G8=; b=0pmhoQw0L6kH50cYcWZmgus+M fglmKE3kBCzgf+CPSt0Ew9y9EideOhDNOzxcuVNfv4DRjLtxHKq2c2KMjb9msvt0kdZ7PziphnKxw JwCB5bh+xhFj4DanciKypWOxaP62OO1c8VD4zs3FJeTMkRXYy5m0Nx7WWRfYyrbhFv/fgqqAVXZZT q2jhzTuxy2dXB4I+NCtgEuEC6sdglZqQGcy6GIeO0yFftycz5Ys8M1yc842xZULNtaz9qrwqHSLRo caFJYSWndmJmX0lbBT9IuT6mTYPHH95LbcIIz2R8WAOrSzTHe4nfp7kjlqhlWRxrPMCRrv15Mtxoc p4K6CjWLA==; Original-Received: from cpc8-benw10-2-0-cust100.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([92.233.204.101]:54312 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dUreC-000qLi-Rp; Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:40:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:26:56 -0400") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 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:216463 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > The reason for this is that people will say "sent it off, not heard > > anything back yet". I don't know how long the assignment process spends > > at the FSF end; this could all be postage. > > They never need to use the post. Our clerk emails the papers. > Contributors anywhere in the world can print the papers, sign them, > and fax them to us. Or scan them and email them. Okay. I seem to remember an ink requirement, but that's fine. > > > > Do you have any suggestions for how to simplify parts other than step > > > 4? > > > Having a way to track emails going out on a specific topic would be > > helpful; this would make it easier to track when you last emailed some > > one about assignment. > > I am having trouble understanding that concretely. > Which emails do you mean? "Going out" how? As we have discussed elsewhere, the developer needs to know when the FSF has mailed stuff to a contributor. This makes it possible for the developer to know where an assignment is up to. Phil