From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: Offer for taking over maintainership Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:25:45 +0530 Message-ID: <877gmbqnou.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878v6s13yo.fsf@gmail.com> <874nhfx3sr.fsf@yagnesh.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60253) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5ubz-0002mc-I3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:56:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5ubw-0008DL-U6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:56:11 -0500 Received: from mail-pb0-f45.google.com ([209.85.160.45]:34507) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5ubw-0008DB-Nk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:56:08 -0500 Received: by mail-pb0-f45.google.com with SMTP id ro8so85193pbb.32 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:56:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <874nhfx3sr.fsf@yagnesh.org> (Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala's message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:11:16 +0900") 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: Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I wrote the exporters and contribute to Emacs just because I feel decades (or couple of decades) down the road when Carstens, Bastiens, Nicolas, Erics and all others fade in to irrelevance and obscurity, Emacs and by extension Orgmode will continue to be used by some enterprising student in one of the ghettos of a first, second, third, fourth and fifth world countries. There are uber-rich, uber-elite and who will have access to it. That's true. When a field is irrigated it is inevitable that weeds also get water. Emacs users are enterprising, opinionated, articulate, eloquent. The ecosystem is rich and a student who enters this eco-system will end up richer and well-rounded. I would rather help a student who I have no possibility of seeing or hearing from or who has no conceivable way to transfer funds to me or even worse no funds to transfer at all. (Is Time travel still possible?) I see some people from India (or Indian sub-continent, it is difficult to say by looking at the names) every now and then in Emacs mailing lists. If it's true that future is manifest in an obscure form somewhere right now, I feel what I have done is useful irrespective of my personal style is useful. Ever wondered why you think I never ran away but stuck around making my threat fall by wayside. I have some clarity in what my goals are. I don't want to masochistic. That which I have created is used and useful and irrespective of what my style is. I am not here to exchange hugs with strangers on the internet. I cannot be more stupid if I were to chase after people's shifting allegiances. Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala writes: > Dear Jambunathan, > > On Feb 14 2013, Jambunathan K wrote: > >> express yourself freely. > > By taking advantage of that opportunity, expressing my voice here. Feel *free > to ignore/dismiss* it. > > As a competent programmer and strong FSF supporter you can play a bigger role > in the broader field(i.e., Emacs). Since you have now got commit access to > Emacs core, you can contribute more to the Emacs as a whole while maintaining > org-odt from Emacs. I see you have some interest in CEDET as well, or maybe > you could also bless us with some other great project just like Org. > > That said, Org community(including you) will remember your kind offer and asks > your help when it is necessary. > > Thanks., --