Re: Merging feature/android

[Paul Eggert]

On 2023-03-07 22:58, Po Lu wrote:

> We're not talking about image libraries here, but something extremely
> basic, be it window system support (libXpm) or a C compiler.

I don't know what heuristic was used to decide that GnuTLS and some 
image libraries are considered important enough to nag the Emacs builder 
about, whereas libraries like libXpm are considered less important. 
Perhaps Eli or Stefan can comment on what the heuristic is.


> Anyway, since this support is going to be made `ifavailable' by default
> for Android, what makes other systems which don't use GCC any different?
>
> On newer versions of Android, modules don't work anyway because security
> policy prohibits calling dlopen or exec on files in application writable
> directories, but that is besides the point.

I agree with the suggestion of making modules ifavailable by default on 
all platforms, as this is more consistent, and it better reflects the 
fact that anyway Emacs must work without any modules installed.