From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Allen S. Rout" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Developers, developers, developers Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:28:51 -0500 Message-ID: References: <874mu3qkp3.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415889051 5073 80.91.229.3 (13 Nov 2014 14:30:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:30:51 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 13 15:30:46 2014 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 1XovQ5-0006bc-Nu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:30:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XovQ5-0002Um-At for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:30:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47817) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XovOj-0000eZ-EU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:29:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XovOd-0000g7-KU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:29:21 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:49258) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XovOd-0000fs-Dz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:29:15 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XovOc-0005fQ-Ix for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:29:14 +0100 Original-Received: from host-128-227-107-245.xlate.ufl.edu ([128.227.107.245]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:29:14 +0100 Original-Received: from asr by host-128-227-107-245.xlate.ufl.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:29:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-128-227-107-245.xlate.ufl.edu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 In-Reply-To: <874mu3qkp3.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:176912 Archived-At: On 11/13/2014 08:44 AM, David Kastrup wrote: > Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > >> Since Emacs is now on git, we'll get tons and tons of new Emacs >> developers, right? > > That sounds about as likely as a car manufacturer being able to acquire > lots and lots of new mechanics by switching to a more common screwhead. In the large, I think you're right. But for my own part, the change of VC is a significant obstacle removed. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/CONTRIBUTE suggests that copyright assignment by US residents can be done all-electronically, and refers supplicants back to this group. I would like to be helped to get started. :) - Allen S. Rout