Re: On the subject of Git, Bazaar, and the future of Emacs development

[Bastien]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     If GNU developers were asked to use GNU Hurd and to wait for Hurd
>     bugs to be fixed
>
> If the GNU Hurd were as usable and developed as Bzr is,
> I might well give that approach a try to get the Hurd into use.

If GNU Hurd were as usable and developed and *unmaintained* as bzr,
then my guess is that it would be hard to convince GNU contributors
to use it.

I'm all for considering the GNU project as a whole, and supporting
other GNU projects is a good goal.  But IMO this goal should not
hurt the whole dynamic: relying on unmaintained software (or poorly
maintained) is just... depressing.

If Mercurial (or another dVCS) is good enough, well maintained,
willing to become a GNU project and to use GPLv3+--I'd be glad to
learn it and to use it for Emacs.

-- 
 Bastien