Re: New maintainer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:18:04 +0200
> From: Andreas Röhler <address@hidden>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, John Wiegley <address@hidden>
> 
> doubt if there is anyone now knowing all the basic code which runs Emacs.
> 
> OTOH maintainership --while requiring technical knowledge-- basically is 
> decision making, ruling out at cases presented by the parties.
> 
> The ability to preserve some coolness even in heated debates seems much 
> more important than technical knowledge in detail.

All true and agreed, but _some_ minimally useful degree of technical
knowledge is required for the decision making.  How can the head
maintainer make such decisions where he/she lacks that?

And even if he/she does have the minimal knowledge, can't it be that
it's not enough to make correct decisions in cases where the correct
alternative is not clear-cut, and the decision needs some intuition
(which is impossible without good knowledge and experience)?