Re: MAINTAINERS file and .el files?

[Eli Zaretskii]

On 27 Nov 2001, Miles Bader wrote:

> I don't really think a `definition' is necessary, or even that useful.

We obviously disagree.

> I feel I have pretty good intuition about when it's necessary to ask
> before making a change, and I'd guess that most of the other emacs
> hackers do too (though of course everyone occasionally screws up).

Is it bad to try to avoid those ``screwups'', and the bad aftertaste it 
leaves behind?

> Of course, a newcomer won't have the experience to know -- but for
> them, I think it suffices to say `when in doubt, ask'.

My problem is with those cases when people are not ``in doubt''.

> I guess this sort of model won't work if the number of people directly
> hacking on emacs gets too large, but I'd say we should deal with that
> problem when it actually is one.

I think we are already there.