From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Reordering etc/NEWS Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:43:21 +0300 Message-ID: References: <876470ekuz.fsf@red-bean.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178905411 31210 80.91.229.12 (11 May 2007 17:43:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:43:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 11 19:43:28 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 1HmZ9M-0001oT-88 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 19:43:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HmZGn-0000jw-Fn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:51:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HmZGj-0000jM-I9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HmZGj-0000jA-3c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HmZGi-0000j7-U7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:51:04 -0400 Original-Received: from heller.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.23]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HmZ9G-0008AJ-Kb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 13:43:22 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-228-51-101.inter.net.il [84.228.51.101]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id COI27206 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 11 May 2007 20:43:20 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: (lekktu@gmail.com) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (2) 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:70838 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:09:07 +0200 > From: "Juanma Barranquero" > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > image.c, for example, which I would consider a core area, was not even > listed on MAINTAINERS. However, Kim Storm and others have invested a > considerable amount of time on it. Kim was here when MAINTAINERS was created, so having him with us now does not show any increase in the number of core maintainers. > The MacOS port is assigned (so to speak) to Steven Tamm, but > Yamamoto Mitsuharu has done huge amounts of work. Etc, etc. Working on a file does not necessarily mean one knows it well enough to assume responsibility. Until people write their names near the files that they are willing to take responsibility for, we cannot be sure.