Re: Ada-mode to be abandoned?

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Dmitry <dmitry@gutov.dev> writes:

> On Sun, Jan 7, 2024, at 2:34 PM, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
>> What I am wondering, is if this simplification were to take place, if it
>> would be possible to add ada-mode (or ada-ts-mode in that case) back to
>> the core?
> What is this fetish of adding everything to the core?

For me it is usually just that it is easier for a newcomer to get stuff
working, without having to deal with package management, which can be a
bother when working offline or in isolated environments.  TBH
tree-sitter complicates this somewhat, because the grammars are not
installed along with Emacs or by the system, but that is a different
issue.

> ELPA is just one 'M-x package-install' away.
>
> And Ada is niche enough that even the argument of having the popular
> languages supported OOtB doesn't work.

There are plenty of languages that are niche and supported OOtB,
especially since the introduction of tree-sitter (I for example am not
familiar with "heex").  If I were to consider helping out with
maintaining the major mode -- where my main disinclination is just the
lack of experience I have with Ada -- I'd prefer to maintain it inside
the core, because if nothing else it makes it easier for others to help
out with bugs/mistakes and use the newest features.

Either way, the current state of `ada-mode' is in my experience in no
way satisfactory, and I believe that this kind of issue is less likely
to happen inside the core.

-- 
Philip Kaludercic