From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] support a few of the new features of C++11 in syntax highlighting Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 12:24:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83fvk8ep0u.fsf@gnu.org> References: <536F1D36.6010307@gmail.com> <87ppjks3th.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87lhu8rrtm.fsf@wanadoo.es> <20140511220947.GD2759@acm.acm> <87ha4wrle6.fsf@wanadoo.es> <20140514201353.GA4125@acm.acm> <20140516160743.GA3267@acm.acm> <83sio9ehaf.fsf@gnu.org> <20140517083110.GA3398@acm.acm> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400318691 12326 80.91.229.3 (17 May 2014 09:24:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 09:24:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 17 11:24:44 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WlarE-0008Me-6R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 11:24:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39348 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlarD-0007jR-PG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 05:24:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wlar6-0007hD-KP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 05:24:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wlar1-0005gl-VA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 05:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:38279) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wlar1-0005gf-Mh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 05:24:31 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N5P00J00OCQ6X00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 12:24:30 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N5P00J47OST6420@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 17 May 2014 12:24:30 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <20140517083110.GA3398@acm.acm> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.166 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:171907 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 08:31:10 +0000 > Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Alan Mackenzie > > > Then I guess the question is "why keep doing that?" IOW, why not > > develop it as part of Emacs? > > CC Mode also feeds into XEmacs. This would be more difficult to do if CC > Mode were an integrated part of Emacs rather than being independent of > both. I don't see how would this be more difficult. In both cases, one must checkout a foreign branch and integrate it into the tree. > There are distinct advantages with working with a small code base on a > stable base (a released version of Emacs) as compared with being in the > thick of a "major war" (an upcoming version of Emacs, which doesn't even > build all the time). See my proposal to use a separate public branch within the Emacs repository, which takes care of all this.