From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:28:19 +0530 (IST) Message-ID: <570553.73339.qm@web95014.mail.in2.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217424408 11187 80.91.229.12 (30 Jul 2008 13:26:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:26:48 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 30 15:27:38 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KOBiL-0001Ns-9b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:27:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44829 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOBhQ-00046v-TX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:26:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KO8YN-0005Ua-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:05:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KO8YL-0005Tn-J7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:05:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41183 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KO8YK-0005TV-QY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: from n1b.bullet.mail.in2.yahoo.com ([203.104.19.39]:45495) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KO8YK-0002Me-75 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:05:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.86.4.171] by n1.bullet.mail.in2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Jul 2008 10:05:00 -0000 Original-Received: from [203.104.18.55] by t2.bullet.in.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Jul 2008 10:05:00 -0000 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp107.mail.in2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Jul 2008 10:05:00 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 679736.25920.bm@omp107.mail.in2.yahoo.com Original-Received: (qmail 76797 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Jul 2008 09:58:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=ymail.com; h=Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=PQD7qizBMjQ/yLKumigekw/d3GQG6mMgciqaB0h4x5lKrrKSrgCr8ZUPscum7PGEF9Mek0sNM/mNnL4K15UqvJ10lPg+D0yzGKFMzT1hbo0XfIYUphR7V/FoAcpbf/yPRFEfgS3ZSI0VRYznGRXqLufBmPK64cBRXeYnWs0AnWs=; Original-Received: from [202.3.112.9] by web95014.mail.in2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:28:19 IST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1042.40 YahooMailWebService/0.7.218 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:25:55 -0400 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101751 Archived-At: =0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0A> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:47:30= -0400=0A> From: Richard M Stallman =0A> Subject: Re: Release plans=0A> To:= Eli Zaretskii =0A> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org=0A> Message-ID: =0A> Content-Ty= pe: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-15=0A> =0A> > In that case, does the= fact that Emacs runs on Windows=0A> > help you do these simple jobs?= =0A> =0A> It gives me more opportunities to look at problems that are n= ot=0A> specific to some platform.=0A> =0A> Sure, but it also consumes s= ome of your time on Windows support issues.=0A> If you simply did your edit= ing on the GNU/Linux machine, and did not=0A> pay attention to Windows supp= ort, would your contributions to=0A> the platform-independent capabilities = of Emacs be less, or more?=0A=0AEmacs is a great editor (and much more). Ju= st because it takes some extra effort to keep it running on a non free OS (= which has a significant install base whether we like it or not), please do = not consider dropping the port. At work, we do not have the freedom to chos= e the OS on which we like to work. Since I spend most of my coding time at = work, I have to use windows port of Emacs however much I would love to use = Emacs on GNU/Linux. I have popularized emacs quite a bit on windows at work= , this would have increased the GNU awareness among people working on non-f= ree platforms. Consider this as a GNU/FSF evangelizing through tools like E= macs. =0A=0A-dhruva=0A=0A=0A=0A Connect with friends all over the worl= d. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=3Dn/