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Re: Gitlab Migration
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John Yates |
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Re: Gitlab Migration |
Date: |
Wed, 1 Sep 2021 07:35:10 -0400 |
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 3:37 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Emacs is an old and _stable_ package. "Stable" means just that:
> features burned into users' muscle memory don't just change every
> weekend.
At 70, I still count myself as an "early adopter". I am unlikely to
accept having my world and habits disrupted every weekend. But
with somewhat longer time scales (e.g. Ubuntu's six month and
Android yearly cadences) I am quite comfortable.
> So we do it slowly, cautiously, and preferably via opt-in
> features, because we respect our users and their habits.
Ah, but the model is opt-in to change, not opt-out. Thus
opponents of change start off with an advantage and set
the terms of debate.
Other models are possible:
* Long term releases with sunset dates
* Previews of features that will become defaults with opt-out
* ?
Anyway, thank you, Eli, for your long, thoughtful reply and
for your project leadership.
/john
- Re: Gitlab Migration,
John Yates <=
- Re: Gitlab Migration, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/01
- Re: Gitlab Migration, Richard Stallman, 2021/09/01
- Re: Gitlab Migration, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/09/02
- Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Philip Kaludercic, 2021/09/02
- Re: Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/09/02
- Re: Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/03
- Re: Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/09/03
- Re: Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/03
- Re: Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/09/03
- Re: Representation of the Emacs userbase on emacs-devel, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/09/03