Uday> I am only one person maintaining VM, and that limitation is not Uday> going to disappear any time soon. I myself didn't have Uday> "confidence" in VM after Kyle Jones retired. I regained it only Uday> after I ensured that I could fix things myself if things went Uday> wrong. So I can understand if people feel nervous about sticking Uday> to VM.
I wish I could do more to program in elisp, but it's just not going to happen. Sorry. Uday> In retrospect, I also see that I have been overly cautious about Uday> making public releases. It has been mostly due to the way Linux Uday> distributions function, allowing users to upgrade to a new Uday> version with the click of a button. But all my prereleases have Uday> been perfectly stable (except for one, which I had to re-release Uday> a week later). In retrospect, all the prereleases could have Uday> been public releases. I think if you just setup a git repository with a beta branch, and some stable branches, you'd be just fine. Release lots of beta attempts, but only a few release versions and things will be fine. Uday> So, in future, you can expect more frequent public Uday> releases. Whether it will be good or bad is another question. Breaking things is ok, honestly! I also hope that more frequent updates, and maybe even more ability for people to clone and branch VM will make development pickup again. Who knows, maybe even I'll take up the mantle and learn (e)lisp enough to program in it. Stranger things have happened. *grin* And please know I do apprecaite all you've done Uday! John