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Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent)
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Yuan Fu |
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Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent) |
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Fri, 5 Jan 2024 23:14:47 -0800 |
> On Jan 5, 2024, at 8:33 PM, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> I don’t think we are installing anything into Emacs. Collab-mode,
>> if ever completes, will be like any other Emacs package.
>
> They are all installed in Emacs. If we add a package to Emacs that
> choose method A instead of method B, that choice has inertia. In
> principle, we could later decide method B is better and switch to it.
> But it can be difficult to switch to mainly using method B, and even
> harder to switch entirely. We would tend to continue in path A
> by inertia.
>
> I don't know anythng about these two methods for collaborative
> editing, so I have no preference. I do know that whatever we do about
> this will create inertia for the future. Rather than letting
> historical chance decide which course we take, let's make a thoughtful
> decision.
>
> Would it make sense for collab-mode to support both methods? Are the
> differences just matters of detail, or are the concepts
> incommensurable?
It wouldn’t make sense. As I said, they are significantly different.
>
>> Also, since what ever protocol collab-mode uses will be limited to
>> collab-mode itself,
>
> Why so? There are other collaborative editing systems, right? Why
> can't it be compatible with those that use the same method - or at
> least one of them (if they are incompatible with each other)?
I don’t think any one of them are designed with interoperability in mind; most
of them are non-free software. Interoperability isn’t my priority either. My
priority is to make collab-mode feature-complete, stable, and secure.
Yuan
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Richard Stallman, 2024/01/01
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Richard Stallman, 2024/01/05
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Yuan Fu, 2024/01/06
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Richard Stallman, 2024/01/07
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Richard Stallman, 2024/01/06
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Richard Stallman, 2024/01/06
- Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent), Yuan Fu, 2024/01/07