From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: custom IDs not exported Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:18:09 -0400 Message-ID: <12929.1320344289@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <87hb7wq9bc.wl%n142857@gmail.com> <10721.1307848346@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <20111101170154.GC1993@aberdeen> <9894.1320212032@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87wrbic7k4.fsf@gnu.org> <4490.1320332040@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <817h3hqgk9.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44491) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM1rh-0002Ei-Jm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:18:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM1rg-0007gu-Ha for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:18:13 -0400 Received: from g4t0016.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.19]:33440) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RM1rg-0007gd-Cg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:18:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Jambunathan K of "Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:38:54 +0530." <817h3hqgk9.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bastien , org-mode Mailinglist , Sten Lindner Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Jambunathan K wrote: > > > Oh, I thought I had run out on my quota: I do have a patch that I can > > send in, I just don't want to cause headaches (particularly to you) > > down the line. I'll add a Changelog, mark it as a TINYCHANGE and send it in - > > is that OK? > > AFAIK, there is fair amount of audit of ChangeLogs that is done when > anything - that includes Org - goes in to Emacs proper. > > Also considering FSF gives primacy to copyright assignment & disclaimer > in *paper format* and the mere existence of support machinery around it > - a copyright clerk etc etc - one needs to take good amount of care to > make sure that the *sum total* (it is sum total right?) of TINYCHANGES > don't add up to no more than palmful. > That's what I vaguely remembered, and that's why I thought my quota has run out. I think I will *not* be sending the patch after all. Sten, are you up to doing the work? > If one cannot sum up the lines of changes one has submitted one should > err on the conservative side and not submit a patch. > > I wouldn't record this dissent note if Org were a one-off project. It is > part of a much greater project - a project which gives primacy not to > *convenience* but to a certain *principle*. > > If Nick or someone else checks in some change, someone raises a red flag > and questions the copyright (or whatver) the said code will be pulled > out from Emacs inconveniencing a whole bunch of users. More importantly > it will be shameful for Emacs project. > > We may not do great deeds ourselves but we can do our bit to lend a hand > to someone that stands for something. > Not sure I follow completely, but I will continue trying to cajole others to provide the actual patches and limit myself to providing guidance if necessary. Nick