Re: merging Emacs.app

[Stefan Monnier]

>> But the focus will be on 23.1.  As mentioned I'd like to enter feature
>> freeze for 23.1 by the beginning of the summer.  Until then I mostly
>> hope to include Emacs.app.

> Is there a definite schedule for merging Emacs.app?

No.  I just got in touch with Robert Adrian to try and figure out how
to proceed.

> What will happen with the Carbon port in CVS HEAD? It probably doesn't
> even compile at the moment.

What will happen to this port will in large part depend on whether or
not someone wants to maintain it.  The Emacs.app port is desirable not
only because it provides support for Mac OS X but also because it
provides support for GNUstep.

W.r.t whether we want the old Carbon port, the Carbon+Appkit port
(which I've only heard about), and/or the Emacs.app port all
together... well that makes for 4 different ports (counting the X11
version) for Mac OS X, which is a lot more than we need/want.

I think it's important for Emacs-23 to support Mac OS X about as well as
we did with Emacs-22.  So if Emacs.app is not yet ready and someone else
is willing to work on one of the Carbon ports, maybe we could keep it.

> And more importantly will the 23.1 release depend on Emacs.app port
> being completely functional?

No.


        Stefan