From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: plz Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 10:23:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <17c31efc-33ff-db74-3a10-e8861f3c4622@alphapapa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13060"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: adam@alphapapa.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat May 14 16:24:38 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1npshC-0003DN-6L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 14 May 2022 16:24:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57682 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1npshA-0004CY-QX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 14 May 2022 10:24:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37344) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1npsg3-0003VC-Du for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 14 May 2022 10:23:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:54444) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1npsg0-00044A-R2; Sat, 14 May 2022 10:23:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 0D935807BA; Sat, 14 May 2022 10:23:22 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 9F692802A7; Sat, 14 May 2022 10:23:20 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1652538200; bh=Rc+dQ0nkVT16dIy4baop+hDtGX5jt6S+CHlrHuR2AdM=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=eZtExMwe6gSbpkBTa3cV8uZNI15qRV2IGKHtscWBfn15hV7zThqTQwWPntOBWgtRB rEmFRk0FLPXojZ73/COzGDuRXL1ZZb06E8Xfex6jOHngkJ0W/wmqrEA6Z6Nqm1GZad i9Iajw7H72la5gBL+kuvEPTSWidea2C31KdQCKUq5tJgETAahOFN3WYfVhXJr6+Ga9 G5HwlJ9AxA7o8BxzL3zpw6PTi1o6Yr+CqxSEPYsprt0CHcCZ/sMqx7nKDQ6YLYaLBR 7a+66IkFZFvDYP8DctFzkjkp325XAPht0xbywrwtxmWK3nD320Bm0Qi1mr4R+KXLEp 4xhfm4kYD5C0A== Original-Received: from alfajor (modemcable034.207-20-96.mc.videotron.ca [96.20.207.34]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7BEFD120549; Sat, 14 May 2022 10:23:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sat, 14 May 2022 10:12:44 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:289777 Archived-At: > It seems that these packages differ in both > (1) how they connect to the web site (the "back end"), and > (2) the Lisp interface for calling them. > > Is that right? Yup. > If so, it seems that the clean way is to offer the same interface for > all the back ends, perhaps selecting the back end at run time for each > use. And support legacy interfaces by making them call the preferred > interface. Yup. > Why not? Various reasons: 1- Someone=E2=84=A2 has to do it. 2- I don't think we're quite sure which interface is "the preferred" one yet. I hope someone will rise up to the challenge to clean this up soonish. Stefan