From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs project mission (was Re: "If you're still seeing problems, please reopen." [ Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:20:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87tv6xw91o.fsf@gnus.org> References: <20191117113054.49837.qmail@mail.muc.de> <87bltaz9g4.fsf@telefonica.net> <834kz25qp9.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2wexsv1.fsf@telefonica.net> <20191118175639.08d02820@jabberwock.cb.piermont.com> <874kz0pa9y.fsf@gnus.org> <87sgmjyn60.fsf@gmx.de> <875zjelte0.fsf@gnus.org> <871ru2zubp.fsf@gmx.de> <87lfsakdxp.fsf@gnus.org> <87wobuydwz.fsf@gmx.de> <87r222ix8i.fsf@gnus.org> <87tv6yveix.fsf@gmx.de> <871ru15tnx.fsf@gnus.org> <7ecb0429-a81a-ae76-77de-bdd00e3b292b@yandex.ru> <871ru1xnvs.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="225562"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes , "Perry E. Metzger" , Michael Albinus , Richard Stallman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 21 16:21:45 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iXoHB-000wYg-NO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:21:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41812 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXoHA-0004Dq-8G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:21:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49182) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iXoG9-0004DX-CN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:20:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXoFx-0001bg-42 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:20:36 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2]:49150) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iXoFt-0001YU-Iq; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 10:20:25 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1iXoFo-0006Qj-3V; Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:20:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:17:58 +0200") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a01:4f9:2b:f0f::2 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242575 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > It only a problem for old bug reports. Well, there's a lot of them. > And how often, really, do you get new, valuable info from reporters > who filed a bug years ago, where nothing has happened in the meantime? Often. Probably not the majority of them (because they've stopped using Emacs etc), but for the people still with us, it's vital. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no