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Re: Incorporating patches into GNU Emacs
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Bill Wohler |
Subject: |
Re: Incorporating patches into GNU Emacs |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:14:38 -0700 |
Aha! Now we're getting somewhere.
"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+gnu/address@hidden> writes:
>> Here's a specific example from bug.gnu.emacs: A patch from an Emacs user
>> who hasn't signed papers. Are you telling me that a) you'll ignore it,
>> or b) you'll really go through all the trouble of getting Gustav to sign
>> papers in order to use it?
>
> For such trivial changes, we don't need papers.
That's what I thought. At which point do the changes become nontrivial?
> Also, in many cases, it's easier to rewrite the thing than to get
> the paperwork done.
OK, so *that's* what folks do in practice. Simply take the ideas and
incorporate them.
Still curious about what constitutes a non-trivial patch though.
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