From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jonas Bernoulli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:09:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87bmomao1a.fsf@bernoul.li> References: <87eftk9uxe.fsf@bernoul.li> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1500056180 16404 195.159.176.226 (14 Jul 2017 18:16:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:16:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 0.9.19; emacs 25.2.1 Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 14 20:16:16 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dW58H-0003bh-28 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:16:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39326 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dW58M-0007bZ-IN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:16:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57784) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dW51t-00015D-7q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:09:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dW51q-0007Ez-3H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:09:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.hostpark.net ([212.243.197.30]:52938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dW51p-0007DO-SG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:09:26 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.hostpark.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53A0A16588; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:09:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by Hostpark/NetZone Mailprotection at hostpark.net Original-Received: from mail.hostpark.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail0.hostpark.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10124) with ESMTP id HamtXV1GEebk; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:09:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from desktop (77-58-214-193.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.58.214.193]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.hostpark.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 228C7165B3; Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:09:22 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 212.243.197.30 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:216656 Archived-At: Hi Stefan, Stefan Monnier said: > I know nothing about those libraries, but I'd be happy to help bring > them into GNU ELPA. I've already started working on getting them into shape. I probably won't be ready before mid-August. I will contact you and/or this list then. >> I think experimentation and innovation happens primarily outside of >> Emacs core. I am under the impression, that once a package is part >> of Emacs, its basic structure is set in stone. > > "Backward compatibility" tends to impose restrictions, indeed. Just to make sure: this was not meant as criticism. Jonas