Re: Gitlab Migration

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 30.08.2021 05:58, Richard Stallman wrote:
> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>    >  perhaps even an ability to write messages from
>    > the browser (which is certain to appeal to some newcomers).
>
> It is fine to offer this feature, provided the message turns into
> email so that we can receive it in our inboxes.  Is that the case?

That's the idea.

>    > Overall, if we finally accept that neither UI familiarity (for new
>    > users) nor workflow familiarity (for new contributors) are a priority
>    > for the Emacs project, this might a reasonable option to migrate to.
>
> They count for something, but less than many other countervaling values.
> This is meaningful at the "all else being equal" level.

Yes, as is now apparent from multiple arguments around the subject, 
appealing to newcomers (and/or trying to adopt contemporary usability 
practices) is of much lesser priority than, say, making sure that each 
key binding that has been with us for a number of years, is left 
unchanged for ever. We hate to risk inconveniencing existing users.