Re: Tree-sitter maturity

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: philipk@posteo.net, rms@gnu.org, manphiz@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 08:11:08 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> > We could have done that, but there's no way we could keep the value of
> >> > treesit-language-source-alist up-to-date...
> >> 
> >> May this list be updated from ELPA? Via a special package or maybe via compat.el.
> >
> > Everything is possible, if someone volunteers to do the job.  (There's
> > still the question I asked whether such a package will be useful and
> > used by enough users, but that is secondary.)
> 
> To be clear, I mostly wanted to show that keeping the value up to date
> is not impossible (contrary to your assertion).
> Whether it is a viable practical option is another question. But the
> idea should not be rejected outright.

I didn't reject the idea outright; expressing doubts and citing
downsides is not rejection.  However, what bothers me is indeed the
practical, not theoretical, viability of this.