Good news for Emacsers. Sean Whitton has been appointed an Emacs maintainer by RMS. He joins a list of really excellent maintainers who devote untold hours of their time maintaining Emacs for our benefit. It’s hard to overstate the debt that we owe them.
Mostly, of course, they never hear from us except when there’s a complaint. That’s really unfortunate and we should all try to do better about thanking them for their selfless efforts.
I don’t know anything about Whitton except that he’s been active on the Emacs mailing list and has more than demonstrated his commitment to Emacs. Judging from his message on the mailing list, I feel certain that he’s going to be a real asset.
Join me in welcoming Sean and be sure to buy him a beer if you happen to find yourself in a bar with him.