Re: My resignation from Emacs development

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2024 at 7:01 AM
> From: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>
> To: "Andrea Corallo" <acorallo@gnu.org>
> Cc: acm@muc.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: My resignation from Emacs development
>
> Making a better Emacs is making sure that e.g. Alan feels welcome and
> happy to contribute, clearly that has failed completley.  That you,
> Eli, and Stefan K hide behind "oh, we don't think there is anything
> wrong, just take a break" and think it is just fine is beyond
> bewildering.
>
> Please take a step back (instead of quoting the GKC), and consider
> what is going on currently is not working to the satisfaction of many
> people, to the point of very much appreciated hackers like Alan.

It is right to do so.  Still, working with emacs code needs to be natural,
with generic names always meaning the built-in default mode.  The rest
with precise names to know what one is using.  This should be a minor thing,
but is discussed as a major problem.  There is a similar problem with Latex-like
modes --- there is too much confusion on what is being actually used.  
Regardless
of the name of the mode, emacs then opts for some other thing instead.  This
problem has been there for a few years now.