Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > We don't have to wait till there are only 4 nonsigning contributors to
  > > start steps 9 and 10.  It would be feasible to do with 10 or 20 or 50
  > > contributors left out, if their code is small.  Thus, I suggest
  > > identifying after a few months those whose code is not too hard to
  > > replace.

  > Actually, I do this at the beginning. Not all contributors actually have
  > code in the current version, so it's good to know this from the
  > start. For dash, I just asked everybody, though, on the basis that if
  > they had code in before, they might do in the future.

That's a wise approach.  It can't hurt to invite the
not-actual-contributors to sign -- but there is no need to wait until
they do.

However, I was talking about a point that is slightly broader.
The point is that we can cope with more than 4 nonsigners,
if their contributions are not crucial.

That is important if there are more people we cannot contact.

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