Re: Android port

[Po Lu]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2023 10:44:09 -0700
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, angelo.g0@libero.it, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>>  Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
>> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
>> 
>> I understand the reluctance from the Android point of view. However, 
>> printf-posix imports 69 new source files to Emacs, and these files have 
>> not been tested extensively with Emacs on non-Android platforms. From 
>> the viewpoint of non-Android Emacs platforms, it's significantly less 
>> disruptive if merging the Android branch does not add 69 new source 
>> files that will require testing on these platforms.
>> 
>> And even from the Android viewpoint, no matter what we do to fix the 
>> problem some testing needs to be done anyway, as the fix is likely to 
>> affect Emacs in test-relevant ways.
>
> I think Paul makes a good point here about those modules not being
> tested in Emacs on other platforms.  Avoiding addition of 69 files to
> Emacs is also a non-trivial gain.
>
> Since Emacs 30.1 will not be released any time soon, I think we will
> have ample time to test it without the *printf modules, and find out
> and fix any issues this could create.
>
> So I suggest to give this solution a chance.
>
>> The idea is to get feature/android merged quickly. We can revisit the 
>> use of Gnulib's printf-posix module later, as needed. With luck 
>> printf-posix won't be needed, as Emacs historically has avoided use of 
>> unusual printf features (for obvious portability reasons).
>
> Right.

I plan to quickly test this on some old versions of Android and ack.