Re: Support for MS-Windows build of Emacs

[Arash Esbati]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Our primary goal is developing the GNU operating system.  Other
> systems are inherently less important than that, and nonfree systems
> even less so.  Given our limited resources, we have to do things this
> way.

I think this part should be crystal clear to everybody who enters the
scene here.

> However, as long as people keep wanting to use Emacs on those nonfree
> systems, I hope some of them will step forward and support Emacs there.
>
> Is there a way we can encourage them to?

I suggest to look back and ask what was the process until now that the
project is facing this situation.  It is hard to give a good answer
without knowing the past; and I'm not long enough around to have a good
judgement.  As a personal note, comments like[1]:

  It is useful for those interested in running Emacs on Losedows to test
  the MPS code on that system, but I request that we all join in
  refusing to refer to Microsoft Losedows as a "win".

don't sound encouraging for people the project is trying to recruit, at
least in my book.

> A good place to post?

I think emacs-devel is the right place.  Eli's last post is already
being noted; see the second link on this page[2].  So I suggest to post
a request for support here, the task and qualification needed, and let
others spread the word.  Let's see what happens then and take it from
there.

Best, Arash

Footnotes:
[1]  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-07/msg01204.html
[2]  https://sachachua.com/blog/2024/07/2024-07-29-emacs-news/