From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CEDET merge question Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:40 -0400 Message-ID: <87ljkps6bz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87eiql2w5s.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87iqftzegt.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252430345 29125 80.91.229.12 (8 Sep 2009 17:19:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:19:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tom Tromey , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 08 19:18:58 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ml4LG-0002wq-Qg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:18:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50104 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ml4LF-0006rv-Uc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ml4LB-0006r8-Ao for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ml4L6-0006ps-Q7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53645 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ml4L6-0006pn-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:33598) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ml4L6-00053u-GR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:44 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po37.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.95]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ml4L6-0003dk-0W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:18:44 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po37.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n88HIfhK011704 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:18:42 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DDBDEC070; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:18:40 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:10:04 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115142 Archived-At: joakim@verona.se writes: >> This is a practical matter: since CEDET is such a large and complicated >> package, we shouldn't make changes directly to our copy of it, apart >> from those that are necessary to adapt it to Emacs' conventions and >> build system (which is what I've been working on). Instead, changes >> should be applied first to Eric's repository, then merged back into our >> tree. > > I will manage. I was more thinking of newcommers to the project that > would like to contribute grammars for instance. I agree that it would be good to make it easier for newcomers to hack on the parsing infrastructure. The ELP suggestion is a good one, but I think it's a bit ambitious to implement it in the 23.2 timeframe.