Re: Merging feature/android

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 23:07:01 -0800
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, arsen@aarsen.me, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> 
> 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.

GnuTLS is nowadays a must for any networking, that's why.

> 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.

I disagree.  We decided to make modules the default for a reason.