Re: Emacs Mac port

[David Engster]

John Wiegley writes:
>>>>>> YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <address@hidden> writes:
>> Originally, the Mac port was not intended for inclusion to the main
>> distribution, but for my private and classroom use. But if the inclusion is
>> useful and meaningful for many people, then I'll make some effort to do
>> that.
>
> It would not only be useful and meaningful to me, but it also has been to
> every other Mac user I've recommended it to. They may not be on their list to
> chime in, so allow me to proxy for them.
>
> I'd very much like to see this included in the main distribution.

You skipped over this concern from Yamamoto-san, which I think is very
valid:

> In particular, I suspect the inclusion of the following features might
> be controversial whether they can be regarded as specific to Mac:

AFAIK I think it is not OK to have features that are specific to a
non-free plattform, so I'd suggest to discuss this with Richard first
before encouraging work on a possible merge.

-David