I browsed through the email thread briefly and it looks like a lot of &quot;political ideology vs technical purism&quot; drama... Seems high stress.<p>Looks like after some hearty back and forth it settled down: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lists.gnu.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;html&#x2F;emacs-devel&#x2F;2015-10&#x2F;msg00430.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lists.gnu.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;html&#x2F;emacs-devel&#x2F;2015-10&#x2F;msg00...</a><p>Although it seems they ended up on an &quot;agree to disagree&quot; finale: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lists.gnu.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;html&#x2F;emacs-devel&#x2F;2015-10&#x2F;msg00543.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lists.gnu.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;html&#x2F;emacs-devel&#x2F;2015-10&#x2F;msg00...</a>