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 09:05:23 -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="1714"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: "J.D. 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 18:07:37 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 1mRzLs-0000EW-Je for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:07:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40240 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mRzLr-0004HZ-Cl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:07:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39480) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mRzKN-0002iB-Gc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56323) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mRzKM-00023M-7a for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mRzKM-0001sN-1j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:06:02 -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 16:06:02 +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=B39992.16320675327157 (code B ref 39992); Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39992) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Sep 2021 16:05:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39633 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mRzJs-0001rN-GE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:05:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pf1-f176.google.com ([209.85.210.176]:42510) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mRzJp-0001qt-Ec for 39992@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:05:29 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pf1-f176.google.com with SMTP id q23so11823369pfs.9 for <39992@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:05:29 -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:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=fBJYqZf0kYwsp9l0Imi/5T/j+7qnbzeLmfsqG0U0Xhc=; b=ytOXPmLZ+IJ8puxkFfy4K/PZlTm29YnJuk0zy4vzAUvR9AvASiOxDqsQOGzs8gzCYK mUAhfKNeLkID2VdRI8ezHHnCMnXDmOltOAKnR20Lxuoa7EaffYpOZLDcd/ZYnU9msxRc PHMMVgE9zGJc5YstpTd5ra0AXHBZv+Di4cjQCXw9uOjgWgGQRyiLzyB7VJYrfhCATEzC 2YTC5hlU7s60fJKMIDnOyvAK7Us7yAKvwHcyZHwhSTZksoTXCsNnvXrviI1Yb85D0S2v UTrkGXzZRmiFz7xcThjXHaJ0D1Got+6xR3RU53eYswRqcxrn7cVdJlxsRi/cnZXl5FaS vBrg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532cywj9f+M1gxlK5xeZV/GLjmA3oS7oo6s4e8mlK1kfQ+KFyepV ABaoFsXQVwIokQWGyWRLu1b/NjcjuDWPiYC+AlPiiRqG X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzedeHQdLP6hZImUfkGfcIRj5yVRuOOOtfbLnw0poZeF+B5AHvrFTIEJWl+HmtVllcx5/Hk2M4U14wV+X6bvyk= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:1586:b0:447:b30c:4a65 with SMTP id u6-20020a056a00158600b00447b30c4a65mr1838972pfk.0.1632067523754; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:05:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:05:23 -0700 In-Reply-To: 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:214739 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > 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? The above email bounced, so I have now copied in the email address used in the GitHub repository.