The [[note:emacs][Emacs]] master branch is broken---for good, it seems. Emacs
maintainers accepted a heavy-handed, harmful change, disregarding
concerns voiced by multiple users and developers. I've created a
-fixed, and improved, fork. I'll be using and developing this fork,
-and you're welcome to join.
+fixed, and improved, Emacs fork. I'll be using and developing this
+fork, and you're welcome to join.
Let's take a step back. What is the Emacs master branch? That's
essentially the development version of Emacs, and what will soon
Surely, it's not too late to revert one bad change, right? That's
what I thought, unfortunately the Emacs maintainers seem bent on
-dismissing the community's outcry in a desperate and misguided attempt
-to save face.
+dismissing the community's outcry in an unwarranted and misguided
+attempt to save face.
In fact, the core problems with this change were brought up already in
the first technical [[https://yhetil.org/emacs/87sf67qqmp.fsf@web.de/][comment]] regarding this patch proposal, from
If these changes will be reverted before Emacs 30, I'll surely
consider switching back to building Emacs from the upstream master
branch. But in the meantime, and for the foreseeable future, I'll be
-keeping my main branch up to date by cherry picking good change (only)
-from the master branch. And of course, I also improve it with
+keeping my main branch up to date by cherry picking (only) good
+changes from the master branch. And of course, I also improve it with
developments of my own.
If you're interested, feel free to checkout my main branch from here: