From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Berndl, Klaus" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: AW: AW: Fwd: CEDET sync Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:36:18 +0100 Message-ID: <7697A57B1AD9104F993CDF6A5B69430C09227D1FCE@CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com> References: <86bpf7q3fc.wl%lluis@ginnungagap.pc.ac.upc.edu> <87wrxvyijr.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B8C42E2.3080308@siege-engine.com> <7697A57B1AD9104F993CDF6A5B69430C09227D1F24@CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com> <878wabxg0x.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87mxyrhxq8.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267526225 30720 80.91.229.12 (2 Mar 2010 10:37:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 10:37:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Lennart Borgman , David Kastrup Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 02 11:37:00 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NmPTH-0005aT-Kd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:36:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48566 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NmPTG-0002UH-Jh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:36:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NmPT8-0002SC-Ku for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:36:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36261 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NmPT6-0002QO-Tj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:36:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NmPT6-0000aG-L8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:36:49 -0500 Original-Received: from spfdefra01.capgemini.com ([194.11.253.100]:59715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NmPSv-0000ZA-1M; Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:36:37 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,566,1262559600"; d="scan'208";a="264950747" Original-Received: from unknown (HELO corpmx11.corp.capgemini.com) ([205.223.229.58]) by IRDEFRA-C650-01-D2-incoming.capgemini.com with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-MD5; 02 Mar 2010 11:36:34 +0100 Original-Received: from CORPMAIL08.corp.capgemini.com ([205.223.229.25]) by CORPMX11 ([205.223.229.58]) with mapi; Tue, 2 Mar 2010 11:36:19 +0100 Thread-Topic: AW: Fwd: CEDET sync Thread-Index: Acq57QOALnEc2SzaQWWik6TyqqKdWQABqNKA In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: de-DE, en-US Content-Language: de-DE X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: de-DE, en-US X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:121530 Archived-At: On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:35 AM, David Kastrup wrote: >> "Stephen J. Turnbull" writes: >> >>> Berndl, Klaus writes: >>> >>> =A0> Supporting not only Emacs but also Xemacs should be a value upheld >>> =A0> be tools like CEDET and ECB, even when merged into Emacs. But caus= e >>> =A0> of some really heavy incompatibilities between these both flavors >>> =A0> of Emacs it is a smart move to decide where to invest the main >>> =A0> power (of development). And IMHO a) GNU Emacs has high potential >>> =A0> future (just compare the different traffic on the both development >>> =A0> mailing lists) whereas b) Xemacs is headed south (again IMHO) >>> >>> The reports of the death of XEmacs are greatly exaggerated. =A0Look >>> here: >> >> Worms may wriggle, too. =A0The question is whether there is a central >> agency moving forward. =A0There has been recent rekindling of work in co= re >> areas, but following years of quiescence. >> >> As long as everybody caters for _his_ favorite editor and takes care not >> to sabotage the work of others catering for _theirs_, the systems will >> thrive according to the interest in them. =A0I would recommend against >> dedicating resources to systems you don't actively use yourself. >> Putting projects on foreign "life support" is not going to make them >> survive on their own strengths. >I think the worst problem is the scattering of scarce resources. Eric >Ludlam is such a resource ;-) exactly - therefore my vote for focussing the scarce resources to the most important tasks - otherwise there will be a very high risk to get bogged down... Klaus=