Re: Org mode and Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: bzg@gnu.org, yantar92@gmail.com, theophilusx@gmail.com, 
> emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:44:08 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > If the idea is that the main contributors to the Org documentation are
> > Org users, and the rest of Emacs developers don't really count for
> > this purpose, then why did you count the contributions of the latter
> > to begin with? they should be immaterial for you, AFAIU.
> 
> They are not immaterial. The work contributed to Org manual by Emacs
> devs, even if small, is certainly appreciated. However, decision to
> switch back to .texi is a major one and will affect all the
> contributors, not just Emacs devs. Thus, I am trying to weight the
> overall impact on the _Org_ development and maintenance.
> 
> I looked into git logs specifically to see the contribution pattern of
> Emacs developers and whether it was influenced by switching from .texi
> to .org. I only found that Texinfo markup-related contributions
> disappeared (naturally). Other contributions remained at their levels:
> typo fixes and enforcing Emacs-wide terminology and wording standards.
> 
> Neither typo fixes nor enforcing certain terminology uses are limited by
> the fact that Org manual is not in .texi format. (Correct me if I am
> wrong).
> 
> On the other hand, people contributing non-trivial patches for Org
> manual should naturally be familiar with Org mode. So, using Org markup
> should not be a handicap for them, while forcing texinfo may sometimes
> be.
> 
> That's why, not disregarding Emacs dev contributions, I do not see what
> positive change switching back to .texi would bring to Org development. 

We are going in circles.  I already explained, or tried to explain,
what would be the positive change.  It's your call, obviously.