The article is just his author view. Please read the emacs mailing list threads to get the full picture.
GP is correct, and this is quite normal: some people using Emacs master will not follow all the mailing list discussions and commits. So they will notice a change only after it is merged. Nothing wrong with this, and nothing wrong with being unhappy about such a change. What's wrong in my book is the nature of the reaction show in this article (see my comment in reply to @tarsius).
GP is correct, and this is quite normal: some people using Emacs master will not follow all the mailing list discussions and commits. So they will notice a change only after it is merged. Nothing wrong with this, and nothing wrong with being unhappy about such a change. What's wrong in my book is the nature of the reaction show in this article (see my comment in reply to @tarsius).