Re: ELPA submission: python-import

[Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 at 23:32, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:

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>   > I am not saying it isn't impossible, but if there is a dependency on
>   > project.el, it might make sense to raise the minimum version of ELPA's
>   > python.el?
>
> Is it necessary for any of these python files depend on project.el?
> If these features such as python-import  are added to python.el,
> doesn't it eliminate the need for that?

AFAICT, there's nothing in python.el that helps figuring out which
project a buffer belongs to, or, say, list all files belonging that
project (which exactly is what project.el does).

python-mode mainly provides functionality to edit individual Python
files, but it's natural to add things that need to know about the
project as well.  Import management is one of them; another interesting
feature would be a Python shell that is not "global" but rather
dedicated to a project (in the same vein as `project-shell').

So I think it makes sense for python.el (and prog-modes in general) to
rely on project.el to implement some more advanced features.