# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 859016181 0
# Node ID b64f5f132d96ace3c6511dc853abbc8ce48bea90
# Parent  d11d6c9a48e8fbedbaee7726a0ac77c3a7afd7a4
Explain which tasks are better, generally.

diff -r d11d6c9a48e8 -r b64f5f132d96 etc/tasks.texi
--- a/etc/tasks.texi	Sat Mar 22 04:21:00 1997 +0000
+++ b/etc/tasks.texi	Sat Mar 22 07:36:21 1997 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename tasks.info
 @settitle GNU Task List
 @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
-@set lastupdate 1 February 1997
+@set lastupdate 19 March 1997
 @c %**end of header
 
 @setchapternewpage off
@@ -53,8 +53,21 @@
 applications useful for non-programmer users.  Therefore, we ask you to
 consider writing such a program.
 
-In general, a new program that does a completely new job advances the
-GNU project more than an improvement to an existing program.
+Typically, a new program that does a completely new job advances
+the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an
+improvement to an existing program.
+
+Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software
+community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs.  One
+reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many
+platforms, not just one.  At the same time, there tend to be many
+volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other
+areas, where volunteers are more scarce.
+
+Typically, it is more useful to extend a program in functionality than
+to improve performance.  Users who use the new functionality will
+appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from
+a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important.
 
 @node Documentation
 @chapter Documentation