Re: Move verilog-mode and vhdl-mode to elpa.gnu.org

[Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>]

Wilson Snyder wrote:

> BTW the only intentional difference between verilog-mode on the
> veripool.org website and that in GNU Emacs is the version number.

True, I didn't actually look at the diff. :)

> However it's not clear to me how ELPA helps development this
> as there would still two repos...

Well, if something is in Emacs, and you also want to release it
independently, then you need a separate repo, unless you want to be tied
to the Emacs release schedule. Whereas with elpa.gnu.org, you can set
your own schedule.

Or let me put it this way: why is verilog-mode currently developed in a
separate repo, rather than just within the Emacs one?

> How does moving to ELPA simplify the process of merging the
> package into Emacs trunk, is it scriped or something?

Not scripted, but I thought elpa.gnu.org could just use external
branches (?), like it currently does with eg AUCTeX (?). I'm unclear on
the details, hopefully someone else can fill them in. Oh, you said
merging into trunk. There would be no version in Emacs trunk, it would
be just in elpa.gnu.org.

I think modes like verilog and vhdl that are

1) currently developed externally to Emacs
2) only relevant to a well-defined subset of Emacs users
3) don't have other parts of Emacs depending on them

are the poster children to move to elpa.gnu.org.

But, it's your call.

AFAIK, no-one is working on Stefan's request for a way to bundle elpa
packages with future Emacs releases, which sounds like it might be a
blocker for you wrt moving verilog to elpa.gnu.org.