From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Release plans Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:41:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <10697146.3630221218551689983.JavaMail.www@wwinf4615> <20080812171404.GB7999@muc.de> <20080813092057.GA3010@muc.de> <20080814083817.GA2593@muc.de> <877iak7xfp.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> <873al79akr.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218771854 30518 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2008 03:44:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de, ams@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Johannes Weiner Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 15 05:45:06 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KTqFG-0000lc-5y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:44:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53682 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KTqEJ-0000lV-Mp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:43:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KTqCw-0008Eu-A4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:42:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KTqCv-0008EL-LF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:42:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43364 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KTqCv-0008E3-Bh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:42:33 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:44672) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KTqCv-0003Ov-HT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:42:33 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KTqBj-0005Or-Mu; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:41:19 -0400 In-reply-to: <873al79akr.fsf@skyscraper.fehenstaub.lan> (message from Johannes Weiner on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:04:36 +0200) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:102473 Archived-At: Emacs has still no support to load shared libraries during runtime and IIRC it was rejected back then due to political reasons. I call this crippling. "Crippling" would imply making Emacs unusable, which it clearly isn't. The reason for my decision is to make sure that extension to Emacs are free. The aim is to maximize what users can do while remaining free.