From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: real world problems vs. abstract problems - distinctions? policy? Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:47:32 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286322778 7059 80.91.229.12 (5 Oct 2010 23:52:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 23:52:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Uday S Reddy Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 06 01:52:57 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P3HJU-0007ef-Sl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:52:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54365 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3HJR-0008Hl-R4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:52:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=44819 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3HJ8-0007nd-Qr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3HEN-0007Gh-UI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:47:37 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp09.smtpout.orange.fr ([80.12.242.131]:24830 helo=smtp.smtpout.orange.fr) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3HEN-0007GX-Jx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net ([90.46.14.244]) by mwinf5d17 with ME id FBna1f0025FwLaa03Bna4q; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:47:34 +0200 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 1EC22AE4B3; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 01:47:32 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Uday S. Reddy's message of "Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:51:03 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:131378 Archived-At: > Since Emacs is free software and the Emacs developers are volunteering > their time and effort, the onus is on the rest of us to convince them > that a problem is important and worth their effort. Actually, the same is true of software you pay for (maybe even more so, since the commercial constraints forces coders to concentrate on bugfixes with a clear monetary value, whereas volunteers may opt to fix a purely theoretical bug simply because they enjoy doing it). Stefan