From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kristofer@hjelmtorp.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Maintenance of cobol-mode.el on ELPA Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 12:27:19 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <1325384861.77317.1714904839820@office.mailbox.org> References: <417309446.496259.1714679843010@office.mailbox.org> <877cgba1ss.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11443"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 05 12:33:34 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1s3ZBW-0002hO-2i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 05 May 2024 12:33:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s3ZAk-0002dY-M1; Sun, 05 May 2024 06:32:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s3Z5a-0000mc-AA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2024 06:27:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mout-p-102.mailbox.org ([80.241.56.152]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_CHACHA20_POLY1305:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s3Z5Y-0007tC-NC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 May 2024 06:27:26 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp102.mailbox.org (smtp102.mailbox.org [10.196.197.102]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mout-p-102.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4VXLMD135fz9smf; Sun, 5 May 2024 12:27:20 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <877cgba1ss.fsf@posteo.net> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Received-SPF: none client-ip=80.241.56.152; envelope-from=kristofer@hjelmtorp.se; helo=mout-p-102.mailbox.org X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 05 May 2024 06:32:45 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:318817 Archived-At: > On 05/03/2024 7:42 AM CEST Philip Kaludercic wrote: > > > kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes: > > > Greetings Emacs maintainers. > > > > I noticed in the last update to the Elpa package; cobol-mode.el, that is now orphaned and that you are looking for someone to step up and maintain it. > > > > I would be willing to take over that role if you would let me. I work with COBOL (IBM Enterprise COBOL) in my in daily work and use Emacs > > together with cobol-mode.el to do it. My emacs-lisp skills are > > mediocre at best but I will do my best to fix bugs and keep it > > working. But my ambition is to work on the missing features listed in > > the package, update it to include changes in the COBOL standards, > > improve the indentation and maybe in the future work on a tree-sitter > > implementation. > > That sounds great! > > > I do have very little knowledge about how a Elpa package like this is > > usually developed and how the commit process works so any information > > and tips are welcomed. > > Currently the repository is part of elpa.git itself, but if someone else > were to take over maintenance, we could switch it to mirroring some > external repository that you would create. You can use any Git forge > you like (I'd personally recommend Codeberg or Sourcehut). > > Any changes you push to that repository will automatically be > synchronised upstream. To release a new package, you just have to bump > the ";; Version: ..." header at the top of the file. > > How does that sound like to you? > That sounds great! I'm in the process of setting up a repository on Sourcehut. I will let you know when it's ready! I guess I just take the files from Elpa (just "cobol.el" from what I can see) and commit it to my new repo? > > I have recently signed and sent in my FSF papers. > > > > Best Regards > > Kristofer Hjelmtorp > > -- > Philip Kaludercic on peregrine