From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What is the most useful potential feature which Emacs lacks? Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 08:54:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="88951"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Emacs developers To: ndame , Arthur Miller Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 12 14:55:45 2020 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 1jYURk-000N3T-F7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 14:55:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47526 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jYURj-0000I3-FE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 08:55:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43364) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jYUQr-0007te-VI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 08:54:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yb1-xb34.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::b34]:35107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jYUQq-0004ze-O9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 08:54:49 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yb1-xb34.google.com with SMTP id o134so1244427ybg.2 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 05:54:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=2MyqLLWO2Q47YI+9ln3BBphkd/28ape1/AcvfM6qo40=; b=unYJk9q5q4ertrpjEDyafxNkiB+JSUvLU9DnERuY0j6GwOwOzpj0LWLysMlS5xD+4W Es/1VSAZnnw4gU2/vXtFbpS3HFDSfROkDGuIi5lRxuKWrqXpMJpRWBVoxiSxv/dqUI7g 1e9KRC072wOfh+SjvaAXAzXzXzoiS8H5xBomUdnawD8ZQsVdd4XNl06IoH9qws16FwkG JZJRE2jqL7gQ+nD43VLysMyj9tvfvGsBNYSpr4vqoKSJzlFftebYlqmJsSTj3uoTlsEI moDpYi3bSWSiwmX7jER4arvSTfEQL8S/HjObW9Qj/WMu9e3YMC/HvwL0z2OXE7XVSbE4 8lqA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=2MyqLLWO2Q47YI+9ln3BBphkd/28ape1/AcvfM6qo40=; b=j0XD+fwpC//Yv2r/1rzgu8N7GxfmU6tCKC4HnCCZSmi+JJGDo5gCDLZzvYJWwdi1dM pYAPtPaRVwRS08hd0ZIYhbQ2Q21ljW/50ZOdE3jRdYY+35fPDyX8M5BqhdirEOnJ+leE otjMtOTd3gfcp9ZZdk1DpG1GiSd0yzdcKDgQ9SgSz7FLrqkGf7RFnnQb/Cjj6F/ppLlL Ye7aGb91u0EKqSPk7wk3hm6kS9ghVzgaE7a0cSc90+/qILUa3lx4v3kIQw4Rub23A1gK QRpWDovy6RmmDf8Fo3mi3nziCK6IiMdoigX4Pf4vEefeR8Sye+pUPMBYCSvl3J93GppQ oOUg== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZp9DCte5bk7SJWfYIVBpUMyWgJFMiRHHEBCXHmgXuIPfcqasB2 p+8k86tlYd1xr48BWmp94Kw5WyYqRV2VcCaRp54= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypKpV+BxF+6H9rxESPuJw6aOISbxNr4s5QEUxz84ofVOt0fALp+sNcJH65f/V29HJMlRkuP5JFpOyp74LEzUkHw= X-Received: by 2002:a25:af86:: with SMTP id g6mr33074756ybh.85.1589288087676; Tue, 12 May 2020 05:54:47 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Tue, 12 May 2020 08:54:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::b34; envelope-from=stefankangas@gmail.com; helo=mail-yb1-xb34.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN 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:249960 Archived-At: ndame writes: > Somebody on Reddit mentioned that Clojure has a setup where the > community sponsors the implementation of features. Emacs could also > have something similar: > > In the Clojure community, there is something called ClojuristsTogether, where they > fund several opensource projects for 3 months, compensated for $3k a month. > > https://old.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/ghq1yx/lets_get_real_multithreading_into_emacs_by_hiring/fqavqiy/ > > https://www.clojuriststogether.org/ If we asked our users, I think we would find that many people would be willing to contribute financially. Is there anything stopping us from doing something like this? Best regards, Stefan Kangas