From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Looking for a new Emacs maintainer or team Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <200712311714.lBVHEdvC029794@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199140384 30251 80.91.229.12 (31 Dec 2007 22:33:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 31 23:33:18 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J9TC2-0008Hj-0c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:33:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9TBg-0007Nr-9X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:32:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9T9a-0006Ma-0Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:38 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J9T9Z-0006M4-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J9T9Y-0006Ly-V4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:36 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9T9Y-0002km-R6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:36 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J9T9Y-0003Xf-Ep; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:30:36 -0500 In-reply-to: <200712311714.lBVHEdvC029794@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> (message from Dan Nicolaescu on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:14:39 -0800) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:85775 Archived-At: > Once Emacs 22 is released, I would like to hand over Emacs maintenance > to one person or a small team. The new maintainer or maintainers > would take responsibility for making sure new releases are made and > that they are reliable, and for focusing attention on priority > projects for improvement. Is this still the plan? Last time this was discussed on the list many very capable volunteers were found. A few people volunteered, and they could be useful members of a team, but (as I recall) they didn't include the most knowledgeable people.