Re: Suggestions for "Emacs development updates" at Emacs Conf

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:20:06 +0000
> 
> Sacha Chua has asked me to present this years "Emacs development update"
> at Emacs Conf [0], specifically focusing on Emacs 30.  I think we have a
> good overview of the most interesting features from Emacs 30 on Emacs
> Wiki [1], or is there anything else we should mention?
> 
> I wanted to ask if someone could summarise me the status of the the
> incremental GC branch?  From what I understand (as I didn't have the
> time to follow the thread), that is the biggest upcoming feature.
> 
> [0] https://emacsconf.org/2024/
> [1] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsThirtyHighlights

It isn't clear to me whether your presentation should focus on Emacs
30 or Emacs 31 or something else.  The igc branch may be ready in time
for Emacs 31, but even that is not sure at this time; it certainly
won't be in Emacs 30.

IMO, it's too early to talk about what will be in Emacs 31.  Even if
you want to describe a small number of major new features, there's not
yet enough stuff in NEWS for that.  Better support for DND on Windows
and color fonts on MS-Windows is probably good news for users of
Windows, but that's Windows-only news.

If the subject is interesting future developments in Emacs, then igc
is by far the most interesting one.  But I don't have any suggestions
for any others.

For Emacs 30, just go by Antinews in the two manuals: they are
supposed to mention the more important changes.

HTH, and thanks in advance.