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: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:37:12 -0400 Message-ID: References: <48A5BAD7.8030302@emf.net> <48A740CB.4050404@emf.net> <20080816213508.GA8530@muc.de> <87hc9ka8eg.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080817073124.GA1294@muc.de> <87ljyv5gy5.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818101802.GA2615@muc.de> <87bpzqqk7b.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <20080818210927.GD2615@muc.de> <87wsidnxqp.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ljytkwpk.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <878wusz0v9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87vdxp27z6.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87prnxe5hc.fsf@rattlesnake.com> <873aktck5d.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87k5e5dsvq.fsf@rattlesnake.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1219768781 9062 80.91.229.12 (26 Aug 2008 16:39:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:39:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: bob@rattlesnake.com (Robert J. Chassell) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 26 18:40:34 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 1KY1al-00061t-9K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:40:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50251 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KY1Zn-0000Zj-71 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:39:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KY1Z3-00087j-Uc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:38:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KY1Z2-00085n-Rz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:38:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60880 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KY1Z2-00085F-Hx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:34326) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KY1Z2-0006sN-B6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:38:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KY1Xc-0002bG-4j; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:37:12 -0400 In-reply-to: <87k5e5dsvq.fsf@rattlesnake.com> (bob@rattlesnake.com) 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:102990 Archived-At: The decision on whether to include a dynamic linker in Emacs does not directly affect users' freedom. (It doesn't change the license.) What is affects is which changes we facilitate and which changes we don't. The case of XRefactory and its harmful effects on CEDET illustrate the kind of harm I'm trying to avoid. It also shows that we cannot totally avoid such problems. But opening a convenient door for making them is likely to mean more of them. I want to have less of them.