From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: small Eshell docfix Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:24:32 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1094066702 31232 80.91.224.253 (1 Sep 2004 19:25:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 01 21:24:50 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C2aiw-00056b-00 for ; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 21:24:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2ans-0003Nf-5C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:29:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2ank-0003MB-LF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:29:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2anj-0003Kp-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:29:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2anj-0003Ki-4e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:29:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C2aif-0000Af-6j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:24:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C2aie-0003t0-Op; Wed, 01 Sep 2004 15:24:32 -0400 Original-To: John Wiegley In-reply-to: (message from John Wiegley on Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:19:02 -0700) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26702 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26702 The change you are proposing takes the emphasis away from Emacs, and puts it on GNU/Linux. Since we are talking about Emacs, why all the hoopla about GNU/Linux? GNU Emacs is a part of the GNU system, and its main purpose is to make the GNU system better. That is why I wrote it. It would be a mistake to get distracted by other systems. >>From Information For Maintainers of GNU Software: The most important platforms for a GNU package to support are GNU and GNU/Linux. Developing the GNU operating system is the whole point of the GNU Project; a GNU package exists to make the whole GNU system more powerful. So please keep that goal in mind and let it shape your work. For instance, every new feature you add should work on GNU, and GNU/Linux if possible too. If a new feature only runs on GNU and GNU/Linux, it could still be acceptable. However, a feature that runs only on other systems and not on GNU or GNU/Linux makes no sense in a GNU package. ... It is important to test the program personally on GNU or GNU/Linux, because these are the most important platforms for a GNU package. If you don't have access to one of these platforms, please ask @email{maintainers@@gnu.org} to help you out. Supporting other platforms is optional---we do it when that seems like a good idea, but we don't consider it obligatory. To give Windows and GNU equal consideration in Emacs development is out of the question. Any argument which leads to that conclusion is a reductio ad absurdam.