Re: My resignation from Emacs development

[Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>]

On 11/20/2024 7:13 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> I'm resigning my position as Emacs contributor.
> 
> The immediate reason is that, as maintainer of CC Mode, CC Mode's
> symbols, its names, were taken by Emacs and used for other purposes
> without informing me, much less consulting me.  That makes my position as
> CC Mode maintainer here untenable.

We haven't interacted much directly on the lists, but I'll be sorry to 
see you go. cc-mode is one of the most essential modes in Emacs for me, 
and without it I probably wouldn't use Emacs at all (and thus would 
never have become the current Eshell maintainer).

I won't get into the technical aspects of your message since I wasn't 
following the original discussions closely. However, I did want to say 
that we're all doing this for free (I think), and I've always felt that 
if it stops being fun, it's time for a break at minimum.

More generally, I do think there are important things for everyone to 
take from this. I'm confident that everyone here wants what's best for 
Emacs, but that's not only a technical question. Emacs development is a 
lot of work, and it's important to feel that your contributions (of any 
kind; not just code) are appreciated.