Re: New maintainer

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:

> An important question for John is how he would feel about RMS overriding
> technical decisions -- that is, decisions John might feel are purely
> technical -- for philosophical reasons. Can John live with that happening
> occasionally? Because it surely would.

It has happened before: for example, Bazaar vs. Git, and not allowing dynamic
loading of libraries. Yet both of these positions changed over time. I can't
think of a "political over technical" decision right now that bothers me; and
the fact that those that did finally resolved themselves, gives me faith in
being able to work with the FSF. So yes, I can live with it happening
occasionally.

I further think that working alongside Eli would be nice, if he's up for it.
Having an active co-maintainer would relieve some of the time pressure of this
position, since I can't give equal focus every week.

John