From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: OT, but not really: todays XKCD Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:30:08 +0100 Message-ID: <87pq06ly8f.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <9C4C997C2CA6AA488CBC8C9E56E764EE26450A98@MBX04.uva.nl> <87liavcfov.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47481) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4uOs-0002gC-9p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:30:31 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4uOq-0003bB-PC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:30:30 -0500 Received: from we-in-x0229.1e100.net ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::229]:64063 helo=mail-we0-x229.google.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4uOq-0003b0-Gq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:30:28 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f169.google.com with SMTP id t11so4939295wey.14 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:30:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87liavcfov.fsf@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:53:12 +0530") 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: Jambunathan K Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org List" , "Dominik, Carsten" Hi Jambunathan, thanks for pointing out again that the new exporter is 99% Nicolas achievement. It's so obvious to me that I may be fooled in thinking that it's obvious to everyone. As for the donations, I also wish Nicolas can receive donations. If Nicolas makes this move, I'd be happy to have more donate buttons on the website to allow targeted donations. For the ones I received, I don't think I'm actually pretending to do more than what I do. Your choice of not asking for donation is yours, I respect that. I'm not a very talented programmer, I just happen to know enough of Emacs Lisp to help with a project like Org. I do this mainly for the thrill of learning new things and the pleasure of meeting nice and smart people online. There is one thing that I hope I'm good at: being polite and patient with people. Trying to help, even when I'm not the best one around here to give an answer. I don't know if you are a maintainer for a project of a comparable size than Org, but if you do, you know that being nice and willing to help is a big part of the job. It's important for two reasons: to keep a nice atmosphere on the list, so that people feel comfortable asking stupid questions; and to let other developers focus on their work (while you try to help newbies with their problems). It would have been difficult for you to focus on the ODT exporter or to Nicolas to focus on the new export engine if I didn't put enough energy to maintain the whole beast. At least I believe so. But I get the core of your message and I fully agree: kudos go to Nicolas for his work! I just hope I helped him somehow. Best, PS: I think I said it already but I'm not a benevolent dictator for life -- the ones I think would be good maintainers declined the offer so far. Just be patient :) -- Bastien