From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Moreton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Merging native-comp and pgtk Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:28:34 +0000 Message-ID: <867dncq319.fsf@gmail.com> References: <07D5E64D-DAD0-45B3-B272-627A73D7CBAE@gmail.com> <87wnvlecrw.fsf@gnus.org> <83sg69o3av.fsf@gnu.org> <87mtwhctte.fsf@gnus.org> <459A0475-E3E7-4159-82DF-93809CCF1E24@gmail.com> <87eehng52n.fsf@gnus.org> <87mtwbye5b.fsf@gmail.com> <87czx7ycva.fsf@tcd.ie> <87eehmyalr.fsf@gmail.com> <877dneoewi.fsf@tcd.ie> <875z2yy6z7.fsf@gmail.com> <878s7twq2t.fsf@gmail.com> <84adc238-c424-bb6b-da28-c4232172da5b@gmx.at> <83wnvddtgh.fsf@gnu.org> <86k0rc2a44.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20399"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (windows-nt) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:TiPQwN41waWlX1U5ixxcD5Otr8w= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 13 00:30:55 2021 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 1lAhtm-0005El-NF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:30:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54962 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lAhtl-0003GO-L6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:30:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38626) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lAhrj-0002HV-9B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:28:47 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]:44682) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lAhrg-0000Md-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:28:47 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lAhrd-0002wB-Gu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:28:41 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: 5 X-Spam_score: 0.5 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD=1, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN=0.25, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:264567 Archived-At: On Fri 12 Feb 2021, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> For me, the native-comp branch is not yet usable on mingw64 64bit: > > Should "usable on mingw64" a prerequisite to merge a branch for an > experimental feature that will only be activated upon explicit > user request? Not necessarily - my note was a list of some things that still need attention, not an argument against merging native-comp into master. >> The native-comp branch looks promising, but still needs a little more >> work to make it suitable for wider use. Whether that should be done on a >> development branch or after merging into master is a separate issue. > > But this thread is specifically about where that work should take place. > As long as the code is on a separate branch, it incurs the extra > overhead of having to keep merging changes from `master` to keep it up > to date. I think you misunderstood my meaning: I don't have a strong opinion on whether it should be be merged. AndyM