From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39992: Merge external idlwave development efforts into GNU Emacs? Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:49:47 -0700 Message-ID: References: <875zfe49a2.fsf@stefankangas.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40151"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: jd smith To: 39992@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 19 17:50:10 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4z-000A9i-4t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 17:50:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50678 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4x-0000BG-Qi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:50:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4s-0000B1-0f for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56304) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4r-0005CS-Pu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:50:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4r-0001TQ-Kj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:50:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:50:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39992 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 39992-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39992.16320665955647 (code B ref 39992); Sun, 19 Sep 2021 15:50:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39992) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Sep 2021 15:49:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39617 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4l-0001T1-3w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:49:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pl1-f182.google.com ([209.85.214.182]:37829) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mRz4k-0001Sp-2T for 39992@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:49:54 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pl1-f182.google.com with SMTP id j14so2296688plx.4 for <39992@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:49:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=EzyfGIa0cJA1X6GKloLiYmCUWixoRHVTnB8UV/z2gSs=; b=jU3wR/ZjjZRa3eFLQ2sAitscO4fCZZ9npDVJ1MN4AFptXBTQZ+5G0m/I181wWtmrYY OQyJhLoHOi8MhEjzobawsNuGCPI2DFNXkym6n6Hcw5/gV+JqiYqYCaLCfFY+V6CZzYHm zvVlNzf5cAiwTqdpX3kzz7ReOn8VSuUG3lq72go79HNuWLY3oWJ9ESN3E+F29GHgXfuR WsBOQBVeTswUHEQMVY8UKsSjixPPw77ZRJAshlX6cGatI7yohlI4MoZlIixyHoUHqGlK E8kwNTMg5/RPRVADiaqU8YGpztTNOry1AcDsVnMtPuxoiYzzNM25RXsOUde/o2esRiUH bqBg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5314nj3uvDP1ATbC18B7s7S5prsZRUuyTVSqVQ5hFNaFZN3B9VMD hb02DEKKq1gxioPz2H0F7lIxSa+7ac7okNXxbs9DlX9m X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwQAb3C0VRXNELiCN9c3ZWEqtgiyt1IBjYrGjlKGvUZmeP49dsaLNRrspOk+gpKF0qNJ7kOc+TjmyYDJMrkOys= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3805:: with SMTP id mq5mr32135990pjb.143.1632066587939; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 08:49:47 -0700 In-Reply-To: <875zfe49a2.fsf@stefankangas.se> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:16:53 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:214735 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > I don't use it myself, but I noticed that there is ongoing development > of idlwave.el here: > > https://github.com/jdtsmith/idlwave > > As far as I can tell from the git log, the last change to idlwave by > JD Smith was on Fri Apr 27 19:34:22 2007 +0000. > > Would it be possible to merge this effort into the version distributed > with GNU Emacs itself? That way more users could benefit from the > improvements. I note that on the GitHub page, there has since been added a note: Note: IDLWAVE is currently not maintained. In current form it supports IDL v8.6, and is still in daily use by some users. If you are interested in taking over IDLWAVE maintenance, please post an issue. See the DEVELOP file for information on the file structure layout. I'm not sure what this means for the idlwave we ship with Emacs. JD Smith, do you mind if someone else tries to on merge your external development efforts into Emacs itself?