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Re: Android port of Emacs


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Android port of Emacs
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:43:54 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 15:33:16 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Your work is appreciated, but I'm unconvinced that it can make the
> > impact of this port easy enough to not break our backs.  Rather than
> > relying on beliefs, I'd like to rely on experience with other ports,
> > and on general experience with Emacs development.
> 
> I designed the Android port _with_ said experience in mind.  Including
> design mistakes in the Haiku and PGTK ports that I have since fixed.

I was talking about long-term experience of developing and maintaining
various ports in Emacs.  You cannot possibly have such an experience.

> > Granted, this is a judgment call, which is why I brought this up in
> > the first place.
> 
> So far, the only Emacs developers who have expressed an opinion here
> have been you and I.  So perhaps we should bring some other voices here:
> who has any names in mind?

Yes, please speak up.



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