From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: extensions for emacsclient (CVS version) Date: 12 Sep 2003 06:22:11 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wucf2f7g.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <8765k0l9em.fsf@emacswiki.org> <1063308626.1680.40.camel@rincewind> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063315565 1576 80.91.224.253 (11 Sep 2003 21:26:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:26:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 11 23:26:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xYx2-0007TT-00 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:26:04 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19xYy1-0007pv-00 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:27:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19xYug-0004JN-7S for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19xYuI-0004IM-EU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:23:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19xYuG-0004Hm-Qc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:23:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 19xYuG-0004DA-F8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:23:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19xYtL-000358-41 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:22:15 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xYtF-0003mp-00 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:22:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xYtD-0003mf-00 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:22:07 +0200 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xYtI-0000JF-00 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:22:12 +0200 Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16308 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16308 Andreas Buesching writes: > It's getting complicate. I just got this mail from the copyright clerk. > > | While this is the proper contact for assignments, there is a step that > | needs to be completed beofre contacting this address. You need to > | communicated first with the maintainer of the package to which you > | seek to contribute at maintainer@fsf.org or to the maintainer > | individually. > > I guess sending this mail will also contact the maintainer and maybe he > or someone else know what to do now? Maybe it's explained by a part of the message you didn't include in this excerpt, but I find that very confusing -- it doesn't say _why_ it's necessary to `communicate with the maintainer,' or what to ask them. Just, `communicate.' I mean if someone's trying to send an assignment, surely there's a very good chance they've already been in regular communication with the maintainer (do people really send completely off the wall assignments?). So if something extra is needed (an `authorization mail' from the maintainer or whatever), it seems like the reply from should say what it is. Yeah, this is just sort of random bitching, but many people find assignments a pain in general, so I think it's good to make the process as streamlined as possible. -Miles -- Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here, beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?