Re: Shrinking the C core

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>, esr@thyrsus.com, luangruo@yahoo.com,
>  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 05:28:18 +0200
> 
> > The rate at whic we have added features already causes significant
> > instability.
> 
> I concur.  Have been suggesting to have a basic version of emacs that would 
> be considered
> complete and stable, while minimizing the risk of instability due to feature 
> additions.
> 
> Every project should have such aim and achieve it.  Clearly, the core 
> requirements must
> be well defined, and the scope limited in terms of the essential features to 
> fulfill its
> primary purpose.  Maintaining emacs for it to do everything could halt its 
> continued
> development structure.  Especially if it cannot be reasonable handled by a 
> few people.

This is exactly what I try to make happen.  But I don't claim to have
it all figured out in the best manner, so if someone knows how to do
that better without averting contributors OT1H and without
complicating development even more OTOH, I invite you to step up and
become a (co-)maintainer, and then practice what you preach.