Re: Merging MPS a.k.a. scratch/igc, yet again

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 13:06:18 -0800
> Cc: pipcet@protonmail.com, luangruo@yahoo.com, ali_gnu2@emvision.com, 
> 	emacs-devel@gnu.org, Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>, 
> 	Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > From where I stand, what's left to do on the branch is stability:
> > using the branch, reporting bugs, and fixing them, especially on some
> > rarer platforms (*BSD, for example).  Plus some decisions: do we fork
> > MPS or not, for example.  So it isn't such a distant future.
> 
> In that case, I'd suggest that we start working on getting README-IGC
> into an excellent state.  In August, when I last tried building the
> branch, getting it to build was non-trivial, but I didn't try with the
> latest instructions.

Sure, if the instructions could be improved, this would be good
regardless.

> Once we feel happy that it's reasonably straightforward to follow the
> instructions, I'd suggest that Someone (TM) makes a post to emacs-devel,
> asking people to start seriously testing the branch.  Such a post should
> normally get picked up by Emacs News, Reddit, etc. and hopefully the
> branch will then start seeing wider use.  (Remember to Cc Sacha Chua to
> get it on Emacs News.)

This was already done:

  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-09/msg00257.html

and some people already provide such feedback.  But, of course,
repeating the request for testing and feedback can never do any harm,
and can be posted right now.

> I'm sure that users will be excited to help test igc once they
> understand that we're working seriously on stabilizing it in preparation
> of getting it merged.

Let's hope you are right.