From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Moe Subject: Re: Not merging org-lparse, org-xhtml & org-odt to the core Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:00:38 +0200 Message-ID: <4E54F5F6.5040507@christianmoe.com> References: <81ei0e6vol.fsf@gmail.com> <81vctn8z98.fsf@gmail.com> <20110824024446.GA30258@panahar> <814o171fb0.fsf@gmail.com> <81zkizz2vq.fsf@gmail.com> <87bovfglzs.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: mail@christianmoe.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35678) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwD4y-0005Qk-IV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:01:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwD4v-0006Wp-Un for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:01:12 -0400 Received: from mars.hitrost.net ([91.185.211.18]:27650) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QwD4v-0006OJ-Nq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:01:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87bovfglzs.fsf@gnu.org> 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 Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Jambunathan K Hi all, I probably shouldn't butt into this, and I understand the technical issues too poorly to offer suggestions on merging. But as a grateful user, and and a semi-active participant on this list, I'd like to voice three concerns. 1. Org-mode maintained by someone able and happy to do it. We are fortunate that Bastien stepped up to take over from Carsten as maintainer. Serving the Org-mode community as maintainer on a voluntary basis is a major personal commitment, and requires community support, including emotional backing and /helpful/ feedback. Jambunathan, please keep criticism of how Bastien has handled your work constructive and to the point. 2. Jambunathan's excellent org-odt maintained as an integral part of Org-mode. Org-odt opens up Org-mode as an all-round authoring environment for users like me who are expected to deliver their work in wp formats. Bastien, and other core developers who may be involved, please go an extra mile if necessary to make sure it will end up actively maintained as core Org. 3. The friendly atmosphere of this mailing list preserved. I think Bastien's replies around noon today are exemplary in this regard. Yours, Christian