From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ren Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: php-mode Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:35:34 -0400 Organization: Life's Not Simple Message-ID: <1312342534.2474.1.camel@eric-sprocket> References: <1312000189.8462.4.camel@eric-sprocket> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312387140 14086 80.91.229.12 (3 Aug 2011 15:59:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 15:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 03 17:58:56 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QodqR-0001eU-M1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:58:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QodqR-0003MY-8I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:58:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52308) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoSF9-0004KP-O2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:35:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoSF8-0003c0-Ic for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:35:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.213.41]:63456) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QoSF8-0003bs-BG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:35:38 -0400 Original-Received: by ywa6 with SMTP id 6so282594ywa.0 for ; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:35:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:organization :date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jmqnnZCwkzTLqQ08WYtZ24C7qkivLl8JJE/EYKrVGcE=; b=XrVOrSDgN1fn3IwggZ8G5G49UtxrQLsffHig7wF0pnEKOkv40de18LMUqxiMyZyYKe m+lwJf3bRTdDCsb6jU+CgzTwOyV9kkR16bqj5QtkoAPr51KNo7L814fuFb/cLdoqaieI BQLHfZvDhW+sgLjLdLVVa019Uqw0644gfO58Q= Original-Received: by 10.91.46.13 with SMTP id y13mr4832114agj.14.1312342537079; Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.30] (96-37-206-219.dhcp.leds.al.charter.com [96.37.206.219]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h36sm332636anm.3.2011.08.02.20.35.34 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:35:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.213.41 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:58:53 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:142821 Archived-At: On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 19:40 +0200, Lennart Borgman wrote: > After following this for quite some time I wonder if it is not much > less work to just rewrite php-mode.el from scratch than to try to > get copyright assignment from all authors? (Those parts that are > made by authors who have signed papers can be copied. Some parts are > trivial and can therefor be copied. Etc.) I have considered this as well. The idea of trying to get the necessary copyright assignments from people seems very difficult when all you have to go on is a name like ‘Ryan’. I want there to be a version of php-mode.el that can go into the GNU ELPA, because when I introduce my programming friends to Emacs a major mode for PHP is often one of the first things they want. The way things are now, they go to a site like the Emacs Wiki and see a variety of modes and are not sure which to pick. More and more I am beginning to think Lennart may be right in saying that it would be less work to rewrite php-mode.el from scratch. If the community at large agrees, then I will personally volunteer to write and maintain the code. Does anyone else think this is a better route to pursue? -- ejmr 南無妙法蓮華經