From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: New Emacs maintainer Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:02:01 +0100 Message-ID: <87wptyyc6e.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446588144 23355 80.91.229.3 (3 Nov 2015 22:02:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 22:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: John Wiegley , Emacs developers To: John Yates Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 03 23:02:23 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ztjeo-0006Pq-JP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 23:02:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51267 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ztjeo-0007zY-9K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:02:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47176) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ztjeb-0007yz-41 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:02:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ztjea-0007oy-4q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:02:09 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36768) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjeU-0007ni-MB; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:02:02 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50587 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjeU-0006qz-1n; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:02:02 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9AAB4DF4B7; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 23:02:01 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (John Wiegley's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:33:27 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193180 Archived-At: John Wiegley writes: >>>>>> John Yates writes: > >> Thank you John for stepping up and for whatever comprises you may >> have had to make to reach agreement with Richard. I am sure that we >> will all benefit from your leadership. > > Actually, there were no compromises made. I found Richard to be an > absolute delight to talk with. We discussed the architectural history > of Pompeii, admired his reading library, his tea collection... :) > > I think many people misunderstand his devotion to freedom as being > unreasoning in his views -- as I had, not just a few month ago! On the > contrary: I proposed several Emacs-related ideas that I expected him > to balk at, only to find he happily considered everything, even > suggesting further improvements. At no point did I ever get the > feeling that I was speaking to a closed mind. > > I only wish I lived nearby so I could spend more time with him. He is > truly an amiable fellow. I have no worries about our ability to find a > common path in future, if issues that threaten his goals for software > freedom arise. I am quite glad to hear it. -- David Kastrup