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e : emacs-devel@gnu.org 15 July 2012 • 6:56AM -0400

Re: Emacs on OS X development
by John Wiegley

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>>>>> Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swip...> writes:

> I think that for the Emacs project it is more important to support other GNU
> projects than to make the best Emacs we can on non-GNU platforms.  That is
> my impression at least.

I think this is a really bad precedent to set.  By making Emacs inferior to
benefit the GNU project, I think we hurt Emacs more than we benefit GNU.

If GNU needs so much help that we should sacrifice the excellence of Emacs at
its altar, that speaks volumes right there.

John


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