Re: Feedback on scratch/igc Branch

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Eval EXEC <execvy@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2024 13:26:17 +0800
> 
> Thank you for your excellent work on the scratch/igc branch. Over the
> past few days, I have been using this branch extensively for various
> tasks including reading and sending mail with mu4e, programming with
> lsp-mode and rust-analyzer , and managing my notes using org-roam and
> org-journal. I am pleased to report that the scratch/igc branch is
> remarkably stable and performs exceptionally well.

Thanks, this is very good news.

> Could you please share the next steps for the scratch/igc branch?

Keep using the branch on the various platforms and different build
configurations, to reveal the issues that are still left to be handled
and fixed.  Also, we need better GC debugging tools and means, to ease
the investigation of problems we bump into.

> Additionally, do you have any estimated timeline for when it will be
> merged into the master branch?

It's IMO too early to talk about landing this on master.  We still
have unresolved issues, like what to do with signals delivered to
Emacs when MPS is collecting garbage and the arena is locked.  We also
need to decide whether we want to fork MPS and make changes in it on
our own or not.