From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: php-mode Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:34:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1312000189.8462.4.camel@eric-sprocket> <1312342534.2474.1.camel@eric-sprocket> <87ei0zn3we.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312600295 3843 80.91.229.12 (6 Aug 2011 03:11:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 03:11:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ren , Lennart Borgman , Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 06 05:11:30 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QpXIO-0008Qe-Mr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:11:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47184 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpXIO-0003TJ-1y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:11:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37901) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpXIM-0003T9-8M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:11:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpXIL-0000v8-DZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:11:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:39210) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QpXIL-0000un-Ap for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:11:25 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id p763BLYu010334; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 23:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2A24C66431; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:34:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ei0zn3we.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:50:57 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3940=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9286 : core <3940> : streams <669108> : uri <927526> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:142915 Archived-At: >> More and more I am beginning to think Lennart may be right in saying >> that it would be less work to rewrite php-mode.el from scratch. If >> the community at large agrees, then I will personally volunteer to >> write and maintain the code. Does anyone else think this is a better >> route to pursue? > Yes, if anyone is willing to step up to the plate and write an > independent php-mode that we can include in Emacs, that is probably the > best solution. If possible, I'd rather integrate the existing code, to avoid the mess of having umpteen alternatives. So I'd recommend the following path: - figure out who wrote which part of the code. - from that, find out which part of the code is already covered by copyright assignments or is otherwise "trivial enough" to not need any. - try to get assignments from the remaining people. - if some of those can't be found or refuse to sign such paperwork, remove the corresponding code. When easy or important, rewrite the code. Stefan