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emacs-devel etiquette (was: Re: On the popularity of git)
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Stephen Leake |
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emacs-devel etiquette (was: Re: On the popularity of git) |
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Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:11:29 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (windows-nt) |
John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>>> Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Not wanting to read all of emacs-devel would be a strange reason to leave
>> the list; it isn't a read-it-all or read-none-of-it type deal. I can think
>> of a lot of reasons why someone might write less on emacs-devel. Where did
>> he give his reasons?
>
> I'm not sure why Glenn left, but here's an example of what some of us are
> referring to: In the "IDE" discussion that took place a while back, I was
> actively engaged in discussing ideas with several individuals. Meanwhile, a
> sub-thread began (without changing the subject) that starting talking solely
> about CEDET development. That sub-thread is still ongoing to this day.
(note that I changed the subject :)
> This induces needless inertia into the medium. For those of us whose mail
> readers do not easily silence threads, there is a similar inertia involved in
> skipping past lots of messages that are largely irrelevant.
I have stopped reading emacs-devel on occasion for similar reasons; it
was too hard to find the useful messages (I use Gnus).
> In the future, I think it has come time to establish a Code of Conduct, along
> with a transition to a passively moderated list: one where all posts are
> allowed by default, but those who disregard the CoC will lose their right to
> post until the end of a waiting period.
+1
> For those who've actually read to the end of this message: Richard and I met
> at MIT yesterday, where I officially accepted the role as maintainer of Emacs.
> An announcement is forthcoming, once we dot the i's and cross the t's. It's
> also why I've switched my subscription address to address@hidden, and would
> appreciate if Emacs-related issues are sent there, rather than to my other
> accounts.
Welcome aboard!
--
-- Stephe
- Re: On the popularity of git, (continued)
- Re: On the popularity of git, John Wiegley, 2015/11/03
- RE: On the popularity of git, Drew Adams, 2015/11/03
- Changing the tone of emacs-devel (Was: On the popularity of git), John Wiegley, 2015/11/03
- Re: Changing the tone of emacs-devel (Was: On the popularity of git), Artur Malabarba, 2015/11/03
- Re: Changing the tone of emacs-devel (Was: On the popularity of git), Nicolas Petton, 2015/11/04
- Changing the subject (was: On the popularity of git), David Kastrup, 2015/11/03
- Re: Changing the subject (was: On the popularity of git), Marcin Borkowski, 2015/11/03
- Re: Changing the subject (was: On the popularity of git), John Yates, 2015/11/03
- Re: Changing the subject, Yann Hodique, 2015/11/04
- Re: Changing the subject, John Wiegley, 2015/11/04
- emacs-devel etiquette (was: Re: On the popularity of git),
Stephen Leake <=
- Future emacs mailing lists. [Was: On the popularity of git], Alan Mackenzie, 2015/11/04
- Re: On the popularity of git, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2015/11/04
- Re: On the popularity of git, Richard Stallman, 2015/11/03
- Re: On the popularity of git, Andreas Schwab, 2015/11/03
Re: On the popularity of git, Nikolaus Rath, 2015/11/02