Re: New maintainer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Malk'Zameth" <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:47:39 +0200
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> 1 - the GCCvsClang issue touches features of Emacs itself (impacting 100% of
> Emacsers) or just people using GCC/Clang for dev?

Anyone who wants an IDE for languages supported by GCC (not just C).

> 2 - If the latter: If we where to move CC-mode from the emacs core to Elpa
> would that cut the debate from the core Emacs point of view?

No, because ELPA is for all practical purposes part of Emacs.

> we have an amazing module/package system now right? And probably the C devs 
> are
> no longer the majority ?

GCC supports more than just C, and C++ is still a very popular
development language.

> 3 - On more abstract level: If we where, hypothetically, to slim down the Core
> Emacs as much as possible and rely heavily on the packaging system itself: 
> what
> contention points between Freedom and Technical Evolution would remain on the
> core itself?

All of it.