From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
emacs-devel@gnu.org, pedz@easesoftware.com,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: Cutoff date for adding ruby-ts-mode?
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2022 12:24:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkm=SGXj8ZS27Sh6HXEM3Qn6jF6njQebKGjrQO--=+2nRBw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <78ee732a-21a1-3443-2a0e-85343272e0ba@yandex.ru>
Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:
> I like to defer decisions too, but this comes with consequences. E.g. if
> we release ELPA packages with certain names, and later change the names,
> people who already installed the previous names will stop getting
> updates, but won't know to switch to the new names. Unless they read
> about it on Reddit or etc.
We could make the old packages into transitional packages, that are
basically empty except for a dependency on the new package. That way,
they'll get the new package installed automatically. This could
include any necessary compatibility aliases too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-31 11:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-29 21:39 Cutoff date for adding ruby-ts-mode? Dmitry Gutov
2022-12-30 8:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-30 15:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-12-30 16:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-30 21:42 ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-12-31 6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-31 11:24 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2023-01-02 1:35 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-01-02 12:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-02 18:44 ` Juri Linkov
2023-01-03 1:22 ` Dmitry Gutov
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