Re: Call for volunteers: add tree-sitter support to major modes

[Brian]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 6:25 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:04:33 -0400
> >
> > I don't have an official answer to give, but for all the packages to
> > which I contributed, I've usually seen something like the following
> > happen:
> >
> > - Someone write a package.  When they distribute it they naturally put
> >   "Author:" there with their name and email address (not necessarily
> >   for fame but rather in order to provide a point of contact for
> >   feedback).
> > - Time passes, other people start contributing to it.
> > - Nobody dares to say that "I'm the author" since that would be a lie,
> >   so they don't touch the "Author:" line and just either leave their
> >   name out because they don't care about recognition and feedback, or
> >   put themselves as "Maintainer:".
> >
> > So in the end `Author:` all too often means the one who got the original
> > impetus.  Which fraction of the overall work that turns out to be
> > depends a lot on the package.  At the same time, in most cases, the
> > original impetus imposes a general direction/design/approach/vision
> > which tends to persist long after that author stepped down.

I see, thank you both for detailed clarification.

> That's my impression as well.  And I do agree that the original
> author's contribution is significant enough to justify the Author
> header.

I think it also means a second wind will be somehow less visible than
a brand-new impetus, but that's just me.