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: MAINTAINERS file Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:36 -0500 Message-ID: References: <18375.18663.981150.252393@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <87tzjnvjhc.fsf@red-bean.com> <87zlte3848.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <877igipc17.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> <87tzjmnsiz.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204861197 26758 80.91.229.12 (7 Mar 2008 03:39:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 03:39:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, jeremy@jeremyms.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 07 04:40:24 2008 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 1JXTRX-0003nz-Qm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:40:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTQz-0003pM-UJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:39:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTOt-0002fk-9U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTOr-0002eb-Es for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXTOr-0002eU-4y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:37 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXTOq-0000Xn-Sb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:36 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JXTOq-0001JB-I1; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:37:36 -0500 In-reply-to: (lekktu@gmail.com) 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:91589 Archived-At: What I'm trying to say is: I won't discuss which dVCS we choose (unless it makes Windows development a PITA). But I agree with Jeremy Maitin-Shepard that the cause of free software is strengthened by us selecting among the free alternatives the one that best serves our technical, not political, needs. That is completely backwards. The free software movement is a political cause, not a technical one. "Choose based on technical criteria first of all" is the opposite of what we say. There are many reasons why GNU packages should support other GNU packages. The GNU Project is not just a collection of software packages. Its intended result is a coherent operating system. It is particularly important therefore that GNU packages should work well with other GNU packages. For instance, we would like Emacs to work well with git or mercurial, but we especially want it to work well with Bzr. The maintainers of one GNU package should use other GNU packages so they will notice whether the packages work well together, and make them work well together. We also promote use of other GNU packages in this way. Other people don't necessarily see which editor you use, but they all see what dVCS you use.