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Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Dec 2021 15:08:06 +0200 |
> Cc: stefankangas@gmail.com, luangruo@yahoo.com, drew.adams@oracle.com,
> emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 14:59:34 +0200
>
> > Because we did have someone who volunteered, and because nothing would
> > be lost on platforms of interest to us if the BeOS port bitrots.
>
> Which would be also true when someone initially proposes the new "single
> toolkit" port for inclusion.
No, it won't. The "single" part makes the crucial difference.
> > Once again, a single toolkit on which all the platforms depend cannot
> > be dropped. So it's a huge difference from the BeOS port.
>
> Once again: we would only get to that point after the "single toolkit"
> port is functional, accepted by the majority of us, and probably
> "adopted" by a few regular contributors as their area of interest.
>
> Only then we could realistically vote to drop all other ports.
You are responding to what I wrote on the assumption that this was
being proposed up front.
> I'm sure a contributor who would propose such new port would understand
> all of this.
That wasn't my understanding.
> > That's generally not a practical possibility, because the code changes
> > very rapidly, and what you revert won't even compile in most cases.
>
> Yes and no: I'm sure having the previous code available will be a lot of
> help. As opposed to rewriting the same port from scratch.
Much more is needed than just the code which at some point did work.
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, (continued)
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/24
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/25
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- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Po Lu, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Óscar Fuentes, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Po Lu, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Po Lu, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Dmitry Gutov, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Po Lu, 2021/12/25
- Re: Platform independent graphical display for Emacs, Óscar Fuentes, 2021/12/25