From ed923f70ffaf7abb0964871e385525b2a80f49f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eshel Yaron Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2023 13:10:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update bad NEWS post --- source/posts/2023-12-10-bad-news.org | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/posts/2023-12-10-bad-news.org b/source/posts/2023-12-10-bad-news.org index 8c9bb46..53c1d19 100644 --- a/source/posts/2023-12-10-bad-news.org +++ b/source/posts/2023-12-10-bad-news.org @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ 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 @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ But no more, not in GNU Emacs 30. It's gone, without as much as a 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 @@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ which was born from the master branch before this registers fiasco. 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: -- 2.39.2