Re: New maintainer

[David Kastrup]

Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:

> "John Wiegley" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> If, on the other hand, Clang offered some clever API that was specific
>> to Clang, and we built support for that API directly into Emacs to
>> allow a better experience for Clang users, this is what Richard would
>> not allow, according to what I read.
>
> Ah.  This sounds different than what you wrote before:
>
>>> The main thing is that it is GCC's responsibility to be better, and
>>> not Emacs' to prevent better options from being chosen, simply to
>>> accommodate a lack of progress by GCC.
>
> I took this to mean if Clang offered something that Emacs could
> support, then it would be GCC's responsibility to add it.

If consistent with the technical possibilities and steering decisions.
Yes.

But it is Emacs' responsibility to wait until GCC does that before
supporting it on other platforms.

-- 
David Kastrup