From: kristofer@hjelmtorp.se
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Maintenance of cobol-mode.el on ELPA
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 21:44:45 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <981312274.219842.1715024685288@office.mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87cyq02gxl.fsf@posteo.net>
> On 05/05/2024 9:32 PM CEST Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
>
>
> kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:
>
> >> On 05/05/2024 4:10 PM CEST Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:
> >>
> >> >> On 05/03/2024 7:42 AM CEST Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> kristofer@hjelmtorp.se writes:
> >> >>
> >> >> > Greetings Emacs maintainers.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I noticed in the last update to the Elpa package; cobol-mode.el,
> >> >> > that is now orphaned and that you are looking for someone to step
> >> >> > up and maintain it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I would be willing to take over that role if you would let me. I
> >> >> > work with COBOL (IBM Enterprise COBOL) in my in daily work and use
> >> >> > Emacs
> >> >> > together with cobol-mode.el to do it. My emacs-lisp skills are
> >> >> > mediocre at best but I will do my best to fix bugs and keep it
> >> >> > working. But my ambition is to work on the missing features listed in
> >> >> > the package, update it to include changes in the COBOL standards,
> >> >> > improve the indentation and maybe in the future work on a tree-sitter
> >> >> > implementation.
> >> >>
> >> >> That sounds great!
> >> >>
> >> >> > I do have very little knowledge about how a Elpa package like this is
> >> >> > usually developed and how the commit process works so any information
> >> >> > and tips are welcomed.
> >> >>
> >> >> Currently the repository is part of elpa.git itself, but if someone else
> >> >> were to take over maintenance, we could switch it to mirroring some
> >> >> external repository that you would create. You can use any Git forge
> >> >> you like (I'd personally recommend Codeberg or Sourcehut).
> >> >>
> >> >> Any changes you push to that repository will automatically be
> >> >> synchronised upstream. To release a new package, you just have to bump
> >> >> the ";; Version: ..." header at the top of the file.
> >> >>
> >> >> How does that sound like to you?
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > That sounds great!
> >> > I'm in the process of setting up a repository on Sourcehut. I will let
> >> > you know when it's ready!
> >> >
> >> > I guess I just take the files from Elpa (just "cobol.el" from what I
> >> > can see) and commit it to my new repo?
> >>
> >> I think it would be better if you preserved the history by basing your
> >> modifications on the branch in elpa.git:
> >>
> >> git clone -b externals/cobol-mode https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git
> >>
> >> and then pushing that to SourceHut.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks for the instructions!
> >
> > I have created a new repository not at sourcehut; https://git.sr.ht/~hjelmtech/cobol-mode, and made one commit to change the maintainer.
> >
> > Does it look good, or should I change something?
>
> It looks good to me, and the ELPA build system isn't complaining either.
> If you are ready and there are do objections, I can update elpa.git to
> mirror your repository.
>
I'm ready! Though I still have not received confirmation from FSF on the paperwork, but I do have signed and sent them in.
> >> >
> >> >> > I have recently signed and sent in my FSF papers.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Best Regards
> >> >> > Kristofer Hjelmtorp
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
> >>
> >> --
> >> Philip Kaludercic on icterid
>
> --
> Philip Kaludercic on peregrine
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-06 19:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-02 19:57 Maintenance of cobol-mode.el on ELPA kristofer
2024-05-03 5:42 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-05 10:27 ` kristofer
2024-05-05 14:10 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-05 19:22 ` kristofer
2024-05-05 19:32 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-06 19:44 ` kristofer [this message]
2024-05-06 20:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-20 6:42 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-05-20 6:57 ` Andrea Corallo
2024-05-20 10:51 ` kristofer
2024-05-03 6:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-05 10:24 ` kristofer
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