Re: [PATCH] describe how to override Author

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:10:00 +0800, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> said:

    Ihor> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

    >> Iʼd be worried if the org maintainer(s) didnʼt know how to override
    >> Author :-)

    Ihor> I have bad news for you... Simply because I never ever had a need to do
    Ihor> it :) Not like selecting this option from Magit dispatch is difficult.

But you were at least aware that it was possible :-)

    >> Occasional committers would probably not read org-maintenance.org, and
    >> those are the people this section is aimed at, I think. Plus itʼs the
    >> kind of thing you need to catch early: once the commit has been pushed
    >> itʼs too late.

    Ihor> Not really. org-contribute.org is the page directly linked from
    Ihor> orgmode.org. It is aiming for new contributors with no write access.

This particular change is in "Your first commit as an Org
maintainer". Perhaps that node should be moved to org-maintenance.org?

    Ihor> More elaborate things like backwards compatibility, copyright process
    Ihor> assistance, etc are documented in org-maintenance.org.
    Ihor> Modifying submitted diffs/patches appears to lay within the more
    Ihor> elaborate category IMHO.

    Ihor> I guess that you intended to attach the updated patch, but haven't?

No, since weʼre still discussing where it should go.

Robert
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