From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs vista build failures Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:20:16 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87ej5oz4pb.fsf@saeurebad.de> <87vdyzxype.fsf@saeurebad.de> <871w1njq32.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87iquzxgtk.fsf@saeurebad.de> <4884CFEF.8040404@gmail.com> <48861A51.1090401@gmail.com> <20080724080727.GA3448@muc.de> <863alzd1mi.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216995655 23451 80.91.229.12 (25 Jul 2008 14:20:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 25 16:21:42 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 1KMOAc-0002z1-QJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:21:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43738 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KMO9i-0004qr-7w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:20:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMO9d-0004pz-69 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:20:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KMO9c-0004pU-HA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:20:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49782 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KMO9c-0004pM-E0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:20:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout3.012.net.il ([84.95.2.7]:24630) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KMO9X-0000HV-Js; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:20:15 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.112.15]) by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0K4K00EQRFTTIX91@i_mtaout3.012.net.il>; Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:20:17 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:101461 Archived-At: > From: Richard M Stallman > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:05:28 -0400 > Cc: lord@emf.net, drobinow@gmail.com, lennart.borgman@gmail.com, > hannes@saeurebad.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org, acm@muc.de, miles@gnu.org > > > When I ask myself, is the world better for having Emacs and Firefox > > running on Microsoft Windows, the answer is an unequivocal yes - > > people who hack on MS-Windows can thus do a better job. > > But their job does not in general benefit others. So we are creating > better opportunities for work that does not help the community. > > I agree. Are you saying that my hacking on the Windows Emacs doesn't benefit others, including Emacs on other platforms?