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From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net,
	Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>,
	kerolasa@iki.fi, emacs-devel@gnu.org, joaotavora@gmail.com,
	acm@muc.de, sdl.web@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:53:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fuaivyeg.fsf@russet.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83r2u6i0ws.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:33:39 +0300")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Is this likely to happen?  The comments here seem to be clear evidence
> to the contrary:
>
>   https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/issues/323#issuecomment-38094131
>   https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/issues/323#issuecomment-38169115
>
>> ​Because with Flycheck this is already accomplished. Why not work
>> instead on things that Emacs lacks?​
>> There are already far too many duplicated packages, leading to duplicated maintenance effort.
>
> See above: the Flycheck developers seem to be unwilling to work with
> this project.  Having a good bundled alternative could very well
> become a better one.

Sebastian doesn't maintain flycheck any more and the new developers make
thing differently. Regardless, getting copyright assignment would be a
substantial effort.

His general points about Emacs releases are pretty much still true. A
package like flycheck would be better of in something like ELPA and
bundled into an Emacs+ELPA package.

Phil



  reply	other threads:[~2017-10-17 10:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-12 15:09 [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++ João Távora
2017-10-12 15:50 ` Mark Oteiza
2017-10-12 17:50 ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-10-12 18:45   ` Stefan Monnier
2017-10-12 20:45     ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-10-12 21:03       ` Stefan Monnier
2017-10-13  6:28       ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-12 18:46   ` João Távora
2017-10-12 20:39     ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-10-12 21:05       ` Stefan Monnier
2017-10-12 21:24       ` João Távora
2018-06-01 21:07         ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-06-01 21:54           ` João Távora
2018-06-01 22:08             ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-01 23:23               ` Rolf Ade
2018-06-02 10:33             ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-06-02 14:44               ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-02 18:13               ` João Távora
2018-06-03 15:45                 ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-06-03 16:28                   ` João Távora
2018-06-03 16:43                     ` Alan Mackenzie
2018-06-03 17:02                       ` João Távora
2018-06-02 17:16           ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-02 15:26   ` Stefan Monnier
2018-06-03 13:44     ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-10-14  1:34 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-14  7:10   ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-14  7:58     ` Sami Kerola
2017-10-14  8:00     ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-14  8:15       ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-14  8:22         ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-14  8:29           ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-14 10:36             ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-14 11:22               ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-14  8:33         ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-17 10:53           ` Phillip Lord [this message]
2017-10-17 10:56             ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-18  4:03               ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-18 10:18                 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-19  3:26                   ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-19  7:38                     ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-22 23:18                       ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-22 23:23                         ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-24  4:12                           ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-24  9:45                             ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-24  9:48                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-24  9:52                                 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-24  9:57                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-24 10:07                                     ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-24 10:21                                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2017-10-24 10:28                                         ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-24 15:44                                   ` Stefan Monnier
2017-10-25 19:30                               ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-27  0:43                                 ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-28 21:47                                   ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-18 12:16           ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2017-10-18 17:30             ` John Wiegley
2017-10-14 13:55         ` Stefan Monnier
2017-10-14  9:33     ` João Távora
2017-10-14 10:56       ` guillaume papin
2017-10-14 16:29         ` João Távora
2017-10-14 16:36           ` Reuben Thomas
2017-10-18 12:22           ` Clément Pit-Claudel
2017-10-18 14:26             ` João Távora
2017-10-14  9:29   ` João Távora

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