Re: Emacs is coming back - all pleased?

[Igor Peshansky <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Eric Blake wrote:

> According to Steffen Sledz on 7/19/2007 8:01 AM:
> > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Steffen Sledz wrote:
> >> I hope all wishes - espacially from Eric - are fulfilled now. ;-)
> >
> > Oh, sorry. I forgot something.
> >
> > Eric, I'v not checked the problem with the space in the Windows user name.
> > But I'll do that. Promised!  ;-)
>
> In the meantime, I tested under a different account, and the build worked
> flawlessly.  So my objection is partly placated, and I've uploaded -3 to
> the cygwin.com servers.  You are now officially the emacs maintainer!  Go
> ahead and send a release announcement, so hopefully you can get some more
> testers willing to try the version while it is still experimental.
>
> As maintainer, it's up to you how long you want to keep the package in
> experimental, but since it has been a few years since any prior emacs
> package, I hope it isn't too long.  Also, look into the auctex issue that
> has been reported (I don't use auctex myself, so I'm not sure what the
> deal is here).
>
> Igor, where's that gold star for Steffan's efforts in adopting a tough
> package?

Here: <http://cygwin.com/goldstars/#SS>.
I'm assuming this is an automatic one that is given to all people adopting
orphaned packages.
	Igor
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