Re: Collaborative editing.

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 09:33:28AM +0000, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:
>
>> Could we try to add crdt to Elpa? Is the author somehow opposed to do the paperwork or so?
>
>The package still seems to be on version 0.0.0, and the HACKING[0] file
>indicates that a few intended items are not implemented yet. It might

>make sense to push for a preliminary version to be published as to
>provide a basic collaborative environment available on ELPA (or NonGNU
>ELPA if necessary), and then later work on full-compatibility.

This is the point. When some users know about the package searching in
the packages-list; maybe they will want to collaborate or report issues,
so it won't becomes a single man effort. IMHO a package doesn't really
exist until it is in Elpa or at least Melpa.

Otherwise in a couple of years there will be someone starting again
another similar effort from scratch.
>
>[0] https://code.librehq.com/qhong/crdt.el/-/raw/master/HACKING.org
>
>> On August 15, 2021 7:46:43 AM GMT+02:00, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
>>>* Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com> [2021-08-13 02:44]:
>>>> I know there have been some experiments with collaborative editing modes in
>>>> the past that were written purely in Elisp but none seem to be currently
>>>> maintained and I'm not sure if any were actually very good to begin with.
>>>
>>>CRDT works just fine and is well maintained, you can contact author
>>>Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu> at any time you wish.
>>>
>>>Do:
>>>
>>>$ git clone https://code.librehq.com/qhong/crdt.el.git
>>>
>>>Let me know if you need any help or assistance to start with
>>>collaborative editing.
>>>
>>>
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>
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>	Philip Kaludercic