Re: What to do so Vimpulse (Vim emulation plugin) can get into Emacs?

[Stefan Monnier]

> I know two things:

> 1.  fix Vimpulse's most serious bugs:  it is currently buggy

> 2.  do copyright assignment:  it hasn't been done yet, and Donald
> Robertson, GNU copyright clerk, said it must wait until you accept
> vimpulse into Emacs.  (The two main authors have agreed that they will
> assign copyright when needed.)

I don't know what Donald was talking about, but step 2 can be done at
any time:
2a. send a "request-assign.changes" for past and future changes to Emacs.
2b. once this is done (and before inclusion), send an email to
    address@hidden indicating that you consider vimpulse.el as being
    covered by the previous assignment.

Of course there are other steps:

3. Get it accepted.

4. Get it included.

Step 3 may require some more changes to better integrate it with
Emacs/Viper/Younameit.  Step 4 may require waiting for a good window
(typically the best time is right after a release).


        Stefan