Re: Gitlab Migration

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org>
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:21:40 -0400
> Cc: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 
> danflscr@gmail.com, 
>       Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>, Stefan Monnier 
> <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, 
>       Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> I have been using Emacs since Lucid-Emacs at Apollo
> Computer in the mid-1980s.  I have a massive .init file.
> Still, I welcome change and evolution.  Other technologies
> that I use on a daily basis evolve, even those for which I
> develop muscle memory (e.g. my smart phone).  I accept
> such change and can even acknowledge that some of it
> represents progress over time.  Other changes I put up
> with just to track the herd and not be left behind.
> 
> I wish that we were not so determined to proudly go it alone.

Please don't exaggerate.  Representing Emacs development as something
that didn't change since the 1980s is factually incorrect and
practically not helpful.

> Any changes that can attract new blood have my vote.

Everyone agrees with general principles, the disagreements begin when
we consider the details.  E.g., "any changes" is definitely a
generalization that is not very useful in practice.