From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Lisp's future Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:21:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wq97i78i.fsf@earlgrey.lan> <87sijqxzr2.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410985311 21675 80.91.229.3 (17 Sep 2014 20:21:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 17 22:21:46 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XULjV-0001Op-6G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:21:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47138 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XULjU-00031M-MD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:21:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38309) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XULjI-00031H-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:21:33 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XULjH-0002WX-Ba for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XULjH-0002WL-8p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:21:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XULj6-00060t-Cb; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:21:20 -0400 In-reply-to: <87sijqxzr2.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> (phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174465 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] Thinking of Emacs as an entire ecosystem, most of Emacs is already maintained independently from either Emacs core or GNU ELPA. That is a shocking statement -- is it really true? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.