Re: Co-maintainer, a least for some time?

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi David,

I think this i an excellent idea, and keeping this file on Worg so  
that people can access it on the web and modify it when needed is a  
good idea.

If everyone agrees, then I am glad to accept your offer to start a  
system like this.

Matt, I guess this covers pretty much exactly what you were proposing?

- Carsten

On May 20, 2010, at 4:22 PM, David Maus wrote:

> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> Dear all,
>
>> I am having a lot of trouble keeping up with everything here in  
>> emacs-
>> orgmode, in combination with the rest of my life.
>
>> Is there anyone who would be willing to step up as a co-maintainer,  
>> at
>> least for some time?
>
>> The tasks would include looking at small patches people submit,  
>> making
>> decision about whether to apply them, checking copyright issues, and
>> applying the patches.  I will be around, so important decisions can  
>> be
>> deferred to me.
>
> I do have some time at hand I can spend for maintenance tasks of Org.
>
> As Thomas S. Dye has pointed out in
> [mid:143D63FD-E8F2-4B1C-ABFD-DB11159E53CA@tsdye.com] something that
> seems to be missing in Org development is kind of a queue for open
> issues.[1]
>
> IMO setting up patchwork as a semi-automated tracking system is a good
> idea: As far as I could see from various projects that use patchwork
> it actually /is/ kind of an issue tracker, tracking this special kind
> of issues, patches.  If it is possible the patchwork installation
> should not publish the submitters' mail addresses -- currently the
> submitter's name is displayed with a mailto: link that contains the
> email address.
>
> Tracking patches with patchwork would leave open the question of other
> kinds of issues: Bug reports w/o patches, feature requests, and
> general user questions.  I'll try to track these issues and after I've
> found a suitable work flow maybe put a file with open issues on Worg.
>
> Both systems would form a queue of things to be done: The organizing
> task consists of (a) reviewing non-patch-issues and (b) reviewing open
> patch-issues in patchwork and (c) make decisions (e.g. apply patch,
> comment, etc.).
>
> This is something I volunteer to do.
>
> HTH
> -- David
>
> [1] todo.org in ORGWEBPAGE is definitely out of date (git blame)
>
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- Carsten