From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
To: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Moving packages out of core to ELPA
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 22:08:29 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877cj1x3tu.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C469994B-C60A-4098-BB56-1E2BC0E34208@gmail.com> (JD Smith's message of "Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:03:05 -0500")
JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com> writes:
> This is the slippery slope I alluded to, and it is a credible
> argument. To explore its boundaries, let's consider a scenario in
> which the IDL language were well and truly dead. No existing licensed
> interpreter capable of running IDL code existed any longer on any
> system (licenses expire). Would maintaining this package in the core
> be worth it at that point? If not, this indicates that the costs are
> indeed non-zero.
No, the question of cost to maintainence is simply moot if the software
should become irreversibly useless. Please, let's be reasonable,
consider realistic scenarios, and save the extreme hypotheticals for
another day.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-18 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-17 14:40 Moving packages out of core to ELPA JD Smith
2024-02-17 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 16:22 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 17:08 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 17:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 18:52 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 20:56 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-02-17 21:16 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 12:57 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 13:46 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:03 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 14:08 ` Po Lu [this message]
2024-02-18 14:17 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 14:19 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 14:22 ` Po Lu
2024-02-17 17:42 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-02-17 18:21 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 18:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 19:01 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 20:50 ` Drew Adams
2024-02-18 1:55 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 2:27 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 3:47 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 1:42 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 2:14 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 3:39 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 7:25 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 12:39 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 13:15 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 12:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-18 13:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 13:27 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 13:06 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 13:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-18 13:51 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-18 14:26 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:38 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-19 18:09 ` Stefan Kangas
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