From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Flymake support for C/C++ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:53:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87fuaivyeg.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87zi8wmmhw.fsf@gmail.com> <83tvz2i2fv.fsf@gnu.org> <83r2u6i0ws.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1508237619 32210 195.159.176.226 (17 Oct 2017 10:53:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:53:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cc: rms@gnu.org, npostavs@users.sourceforge.net, Reuben Thomas , kerolasa@iki.fi, emacs-devel@gnu.org, joaotavora@gmail.com, acm@muc.de, sdl.web@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 17 12:53:33 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1e4PV4-0006ux-Nc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:53:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37618 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4PV8-0003hE-W5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:53:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45068) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4PUx-0003gQ-MO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:53:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4PUw-0002n3-Il for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:53:23 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:48184) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1e4PUq-0002hy-F8; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:53:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=46K7CqxVj+SGHbp6MHC1dmqnmOqFcjRdGneKhwoQ46o=; b=EU6WZR5s7FWjZLVsVlO3ec/j5o Sao7dAHkd1icAxUYkkcO1QjYQcAOT3tDBPXpn7J11OWrYDOxKBb48NmDrkKTS8yJXn0ghPU/76nR+ n2tT1G9JJF4bNvIAZTMg26INGBzVpiVzGLA+z+Q+mKpFVxLGEXSqGI02YpjB7vE3v30pGnS/XPYGu N7tPUhdk3lIlIODFVHI26JzwSu8eH41jhcWJjbPC7RS0BkC5lcy97odyn2+OkknvYLXkxaji8cKBv EGsOZF1jJ7YhwMhvSjKrNDcY5jhJOoWjavZbrXrGt9Edof8JSIsamNR/SJA+bL8ME0QNOJ6Cwy7ME mNDvnLXA==; Original-Received: from cpc8-benw10-2-0-cust100.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([92.233.204.101]:51158 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1e4PUl-003ZYx-UO; Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:53:12 +0000 In-Reply-To: <83r2u6i0ws.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:33:39 +0300") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:219599 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii 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 > >> =E2=80=8BBecause with Flycheck this is already accomplished. Why not work >> instead on things that Emacs lacks?=E2=80=8B >> There are already far too many duplicated packages, leading to duplicate= d 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