From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Android port of Emacs Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 09:18:28 +0300 Message-ID: <83a5wysjbf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83v8fnslfz.fsf@gnu.org> <87fs6reyn0.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20353"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: yandros@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 17 08:19:37 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qAPHc-00055v-Ss for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:19:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAPGj-0000Mt-Ky; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 02:18:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAPGa-0000Gc-EB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 02:18:33 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAPGZ-000500-LR; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 02:18:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=mmItoLxhra61A/YLTzxxw2IXJtpOqDLkZqmwkzY8JlI=; b=X9MNiAIGHUZI iOCoWzbD//8MXW6OYUcZnhVp6wOyDhdUSYGGtxvb4E62+ta7fay9hPX5jJIzjNWzTLbWaNwb5kUMD e4BQMHkHnSWS1rxrZR0aVxtPkitPhOPBKfkEDe5h/TrS7PxpM0Jwt7wXvQeIWGBZ+ClhTCGD3oi1I Tmba6v82kxOqeAr/cqZ9VC0O9dCEQU/ncmMjd9O1lc8RjANlayyiryyQD/oYMa9cfhO0BmIvgE9yy AC7vOTrCjmgQcGOByYA0JGghtde1l2l+kZg6kduJQePvtWuqVEW3eGbjHnAst4j1wMN88Gm+/TUjx iBU8bcqg+zpGzdIEQjln9A==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qAPGY-0004ZS-4s; Sat, 17 Jun 2023 02:18:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87fs6reyn0.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:11:15 +0800) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306853 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 08:11:15 +0800 > > Incorporating code in Emacs doesn't mean that we are obligated to > support it or keep it working, it means that we will keep it working to > the extent that interested users provide changes to do so. >From my POV, adding a significant new port for a widely-used platform, without a commitment to keep that port working for the observable future, makes no sense whatsoever. It's a decision to commit our scarce resources when we know in advance that those resources will be wasted on code with no future. > i.e. the DOS port was broken between 27.1 and 28.2, but that wasn't an > obstacle to keeping the code around. Someone eventually fixed it. MS-DOS is a dead platform. It is good to keep its port alive if we can, but no one will lament its bitrot. Android is very different in this regard. So what happens with the MS-DOS port of Emacs is entirely irrelevant to this discussion.