[$] Emacs discusses web-based development workflows Discussions on ways to
"modernize" the Emacs editor have
come up in various guises over the past few
years. Changes of that nature tend to be somewhat contentious in the Emacs
community, pitting the "old guard" that values the existing features (and
keybindings) against those who argue for changes to make Emacs more
approachable (and aesthetically pleasing) to newcomers. Those discussions
tend toward mega-thread status, so it should be no surprise that a query
about possibly moving Emacs development to a "forge" (e.g. GitHub or GitLab) got
similar treatment. As always in Emacs-land, there are multiple facets to
the discussion, including the desirability of moving away from an
email-based workflow, accommodating younger, forge-centric developers
without forcing existing developers into that model, and—naturally—licensing.