From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Subject: Re: Sync up the org in emacs master to org maint branch? Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:22:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87k29d7zvw.fsf@engster.org> <87fuk08i01.fsf@engster.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: In-Reply-To: (John Wiegley's message of "Mon, 30 Jan 2017 16:52:22 -0500") List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-devel" To: David Engster Cc: Bastien Guerry , Emacs developers , emacs-org list , Phillip Lord , Kaushal Modi List-Id: emacs-orgmode.gnu.org John Wiegley writes: > We're moving toward a future where Emacs.git will represent "core > Emacs", and only contain what core needs (plus a few historical bits, > I'm sure). There should be no argument for keeping a project in core > just to gain auxiliary benefits. I'm massively unenthusiastic about this future. Things in ELPA has to be backwards-and-forwards compatible with a wide Emacs version range, which makes maintaining things much more work. When you develop things in "Emacs core", you have one specific target and can make large internal changes without these considerations. Emacs doesn't seem to have a massive surfeit of developers, so I wonder where this plan comes from. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no