Re: a couple of thoughts about codings in 21.4
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
That's up to Vin. However, for all that 21.5 is not ready for a
public release IMO, I really can't recommend putting much effort into
21.4; it will not be actively maintained, only patched if a bug
occurs. As you've noticed, the 21.4 infrastructure is very weak. If
you want a 21.4-based, actively developed XEmacs I have to recommend
SXEmacs instead, but that may not work well for you (eg, if you want
support for the Windows platform which has long since been entirely
removed from SXEmacs).
Pardon me for entering the fray... But, I would stay away from SXEmacs.
It doesn't support Windows (which I don't care about) and it doesn't
really support Unix either (especially Solaris and OS X, which I do care
about). It's pretty much a Linux-only adventure at this point despite
claims to the contrary.
My advice to Julian would be just to fork 21.4. It is not changing
much right now anyways. So, this might be a good jumping off point.
Just please tell me that you will really support Unix :o)
Rodney
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