From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bozhidar Batsov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: subr-x on Elpa Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:35:02 +0300 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158b8e2ae4f210516852b83 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1432136160 24158 80.91.229.3 (20 May 2015 15:36:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 15:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel To: Artur Malabarba Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 20 17:35:45 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yv61f-0003zb-Du for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 May 2015 17:35:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52860 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yv61e-0005Fk-Q3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 May 2015 11:35:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52028) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yv61R-0005Ch-RN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2015 11:35:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yv61Q-0002Vw-Sa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2015 11:35:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-la0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::232]:34350) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yv61Q-0002Tc-Km for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2015 11:35:04 -0400 Original-Received: by laat2 with SMTP id t2so79472521laa.1 for ; Wed, 20 May 2015 08:35:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=GuDWe6jMYv6rwrgHTnIwc5NjjkeOWwGTCZO3fYVDbWw=; b=Um0q/oRI4KQObfWBGZdkhGcimuNYJjKEEiLoBwR/XLsg+JV8usipitCnQ1UVfZ6D6U 6MAJgOaxCuL7Ooo982fYjudtbV6+0TlUvK0sWQt7ZIZxmNcFAnJjcTdK6ZwbXCuAnKIV 3RYfOb/ukkB0LZMqFlV7d8nh48BSeXxxERTzbB08wLvIPbshvuBDYhx5Q1KaCRcGKaS4 bKGjKJb1yx1twHbe67EGSoMlNFrrFlCWZN5nzKqmW+vc7dBts09r8OV55EbcYkBEtild N/jj/L21CnlmTZGq/Tdwaw/nBVYO/Fzv5zZO1Umy190+x2cUGxigqqBuTE0Wz9sO42Hn zpFg== X-Received: by 10.152.22.4 with SMTP id z4mr12362694lae.14.1432136102857; Wed, 20 May 2015 08:35:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.112.25.7 with HTTP; Wed, 20 May 2015 08:35:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: eZCXSNXww1pg0UL1td8iq17LayE X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::232 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:186666 Archived-At: --089e0158b8e2ae4f210516852b83 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Not sure how wise it is to package something that acts as a staging ground for things to be promoted in say subr.el, as a package. This was the original idea behind subr-x.el - I had suggested some things to be added to subr.el, but they were deemed somewhat experimental, as some people weren't convinced of their usefulness. So, provided things get moved from subr-x to subr, which I hope to see some day, this proposed package will get out of sync with whatever is in Emacs itself. On 20 May 2015 at 17:33, Artur Malabarba wrote: > > > If I do that, would it be viable to offer subr-x on GNU Elpa as well? > > > > Like we do for seq.el? > > Yes, precisely. > > > I don't like this duplication very much, but as > > long as they are 100% identical, I think it's OK. > > I'm never a fan of redundancy, but in this case I think it's worth the > evil. > But it would certainly be nice to have a way to link the source of an Elpa > package to its built-in counterpart. > --089e0158b8e2ae4f210516852b83 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Not sure how wise it is to package something that acts as = a staging ground for things to be promoted in say subr.el, as a package. Th= is was the original idea behind subr-x.el - I had suggested some things to = be added to subr.el, but they were deemed somewhat experimental, as some pe= ople weren't convinced of their usefulness. So, provided things get mov= ed from subr-x to subr, which I hope to see some day, this proposed package= will get out of sync with whatever is in Emacs itself.=C2=A0

On 20 May 2015 at 17:33, = Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> wrote:

> > = If I do that, would it be viable to offer subr-x on GNU Elpa as well?
>
> Like we do for seq.el?=C2=A0

Yes, precisely.

> I don't like this duplication very much, but as
> long as they are 100% identical, I think it's OK.

I'm never a fan of redundancy, but in this case I= think it's worth the evil.
But it would certainly be nice to have a way to link the source of an Elpa = package to its built-in counterpart.


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