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The popularity of a specific fork of Emacs is a moot point, it's the popularity of Emacs as an editor (or should I say, as a platform?) that is at issue. Stallm
by jedrek 13y ago
The popularity of a specific fork of Emacs is a moot point, it's the popularity of Emacs as an editor (or should I say, as a platform?) that is at issue. Stallman was active, how that he's not active he needs to either defer to people who are active or watch as fewer and fewer people take advantage of his work.
- stiff 13y agoStallman doesn't have much influence on Emacs development itself anymore, but Emacs is a GNU project, Stallman is still the head of GNU, and a move to another VCS would be a major organizational change. I too wish he would be less hard-headed about this, but lets not overblow this issue out of proportion.
- lstamour 13y agoIn replies, he says he doesn't oppose the move to git. Most devs who've replied support git. There's already a mirror. Let's not make mountains out of molehills...