From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PL support Date: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:39:38 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9mmFgzvrBwjt_n_VJyaJdXINraNi5HsGpwq-0MLeKiJA7kG2BQA4uywrzjyz7lpRS0OZDpjEi8lspOKYUA7P_QsODsDew_8nbH960G55fmY=@protonmail.com> <83zhaih0oz.fsf@gnu.org> <83pnbegsvm.fsf@gnu.org> <83imh5hby1.fsf@gnu.org> <2e4e8ce9-d857-f3e3-31cf-a40dee67bd25@yandex.ru> <83y2q1dsvh.fsf@gnu.org> <2468efa6-7dbd-8634-44cc-586bb6985f49@yandex.ru> <83pnbddrfd.fsf@gnu.org> <83k11ldpxs.fsf@gnu.org> <83imh5dnun.fsf@gnu.org> <2c09354e7994f0e61271ab0078256a9dc4202171.camel@k-7.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="130912"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: =?windows-1252?Q?S=E9bastien?= G , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Yuan Fu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 10 01:40:23 2020 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 1jXZ4x-000Xyv-3i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 May 2020 01:40:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53592 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jXZ4w-0003pb-6J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 09 May 2020 19:40:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51514) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jXZ4P-00030k-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 May 2020 19:39:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:12606) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jXZ4N-0007V1-HX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 May 2020 19:39:48 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 47FEB45091A; Sat, 9 May 2020 19:39:46 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CFF124508E8; Sat, 9 May 2020 19:39:44 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1589067584; bh=X3xgB+vdSB/8bnp1VhSgIIXERpGCAT/eDCNOumtP1c0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=CkRI2PagoUHw61E6aqJj+gDV5eBvqS7zzTfAfmUarMwRRsvb1W1PJJqUXdKLw4hFd rDmuiqewyjB2UGphfi/ulr9fLjep7pNj3fhlVCnKx0085agZT34HI822W5HLMiMfuC eXsb2MdqI0DBC9hAItktYXqc1Ip4SnjM79JUeio9L/n/P267lLSpgckghd9XacnRFj XTL/50dPVnzMupr3bd6ziF2h/NQygZyz7aSNcWmw6VXTQYh5I5vpKEVTzhwPVmQWxm zsVzOkWGqADvWpLJqW5zXE0v8qmek99ru0FGuKdCC/YEyWFVZPvBpAN2pf/OZ8ZuqC b3xvjGnEoc7Ug== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.3.202]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 96714120B02; Sat, 9 May 2020 19:39:44 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Yuan Fu's message of "Sat, 9 May 2020 16:25:20 -0400") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/09 19:39:46 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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:249603 Archived-At: > I have thought about a similar facility. While convenient for package > authors and users, maintaining the sources and installation of these > programs is a non-trivial maintenance burden and could come with security > risks. I=E2=80=99m not sure if Emacs has enough man-power for that. I don't think it fundamentally needs more maintenance than when that information is inside a README/INSTALL file. Stefan