From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Wiegley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: merging the xwidget_mvp branch Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:51:39 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446587526 13680 80.91.229.3 (3 Nov 2015 21:52:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 21:52:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, Emacs developers To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 03 22:52:05 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjUq-0005cl-P4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:52:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51217 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjUq-0004PO-Cp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:52:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44421) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjUb-0004NE-I3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:51:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjUX-0004iD-F6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:51:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qk0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::231]:34191) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtjUX-0004i9-AV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:51:45 -0500 Original-Received: by qkcn129 with SMTP id n129so12961629qkc.1 for ; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:51:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:references :user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type; bh=sxDvEmJMhqyI1WVMjBksDr1nFijAqYNtdFYpMmzrsmc=; b=F+iLqfr9Bisb7HCB6B/xYyDvQCukDCNJ2gLlUdUDQpULohL4N7aIUH85o8Gav7KXlv JIglh7MG8lwqhJBgkzCcWVLTjq7Q2AxSD4iGjGTNJ3UV2SDV4zhy2frjNd0unYh9pK+J jCtcKwMzN+07gaB49hHz0doMk1mZB01/2Jq7cyQ7YrsYwhHTLO/AGtYtn6g2L2XtoUju 3EA1FL/g0QxpFbytdUtrv1kPAffXFGBIx9SKTaLtw0Xej2F7JcuV0WNaI5eVG08XQOWt qRXZpK0OfhEfrkrNw11GkKeyPrcyKWib/uQoXwR8kANZ9XOrm/2Dnti1nKA3yXzSiYE6 ErIw== X-Received: by 10.55.217.147 with SMTP id q19mr32446009qkl.109.1446587504876; Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:51:44 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Hermes-2.local (14.sub-70-192-0.myvzw.com. [70.192.0.14]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u124sm3247677qka.35.2015.11.03.13.51.43 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:51:44 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: "John Wiegley" Original-Received: by Hermes-2.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id A596148D970D; Tue, 3 Nov 2015 16:51:42 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:37:15 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: joakim@verona.se, Emacs developers , monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c09::231 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193179 Archived-At: >>>>> joakim writes: > The patch is large I suppose. It mostly affects the redisplay system. It's unfortunate that that is currently one of our most complex subsystems, where we've had the greatest difficulty finding other contributors. I'd like to know Eli's opinion on this especially, since he is actively maintaining that code. > I have maintained it in its own branch for a couple of years. I can continue > doing that in master, or in its own branch indefinitely. I'm personally inclined to not want this feature, unless there is a great deal of desire for it from others; so I'll wait for them chime in. I hate to say no given how much effort you've put into it, but there needs to be enough value to offset the additional technical debt we'd be accruing. John