From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Discoverability (was: Changes for 28)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 19:51:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmkBYjit_MmD-8Lv1YdDgY=OfW=yDTrr2Y1QkT=7nQm+sQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+G3_PN2br=KTRvg+L7JNbR=io-0J=j0SQs-=hQAN=KJh+bpww@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Tom,
Tom Gillespie <tgbugs@gmail.com> writes:
> Since Emacs is for all intents and purposes an operating system in the
> same sense that the Linux kernel is an operating system, it has to
> follow the golden rules for operating systems which is "never break
> user space."
I find the analogy to be fundamentally broken. We jest that Emacs is an
operating system, but really it is not. It's a text editor.
I don't see how the "don't break userspace" maxim of Linux kernel
development could be applied to Emacs in any meaningful way. We deal in
Lisp, not ABI:s.
> That means that certain seemingly simple and quick
> solutions, like changing defaults, are forever off the table.
If so, it's a new rule. AFAICT, defaults both can and do change.
See NEWS for Emacs 27.1.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-08 23:17 Discoverability (was: Changes for 28) Tom Gillespie
2020-09-09 2:51 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-09-09 4:36 ` Tom Gillespie
2020-09-11 4:07 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-09 8:07 ` tomas
2020-09-10 2:34 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-10 2:35 ` Richard Stallman
2020-09-10 16:53 ` Drew Adams
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