Issues with emacs (was Emacs users a dying breed?)

[rusi]

On Jun 18, 7:32 am, S Boucher <st...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've been using emacs since as far back as 18.59.  Still use it daily.
>
> However, I often wonder where Emacs is heading.

Ive been collecting some posts on this list that seemingly are
questions about emacs but in fact point to deficiencies. Does one,
two, hundred deficiencies make for a 'dying breed?'  Perhaps not and
the question of S Boucher needs to be dealt with more conceptually/
philosophically.  Unfortunately such a discussion invariably
degenerates into flaming/trolling.  So heres my bottom up list


* Intro
  Started [2011-01-08 Sat] Idea is to keep a record of emacs mailing
  list queries that are really emacs problems
* Problems
*** No package management
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2011-01/msg00293.html
*** Low grade dependency management in elisp
    
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/1070abe0f19e5476#
    (change to other mailinglist)
*** CL badly integrated
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2011-01/msg00288.html
*** Horizontal scrolling
    
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/686c0fa47a48a7e2#
*** elisp is a lisp-2
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2011-01/msg00270.html
*** Poor customizability of Tabstop behavior
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2011-01/msg00043.html
*** JDE does not work
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2010-12/msg03183.html
*** Poor Project Management
    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2010-12/msg02878.html
*** Half baked server
    
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/f1c59047b8f4b294#
*** Spurious choices
***** email
      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2010-12/msg03080.html
***** folding
      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2010-12/msg02939.html
***** Template
***** Python
      http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2010-12/msg02534.html
***** merge/diff
      
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/819655b0b5a81bba#
*** Obsolete
***** read-from-minibuffer vs read-string
      
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/5925179885835e1d#