From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [RFC] Micro-Init files in GNU ELPA Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:48:43 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87li0039d0.fsf_-_@flea.lifelogs.com> References: <8761ra7uq3.fsf@yandex.ru> <6c891113-22b0-4f3d-afc9-a735548efbbb@default> <87pppdu2tb.fsf_-_@gmail.com> Reply-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386172091 7295 80.91.229.3 (4 Dec 2013 15:48:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:48:11 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 04 16:48:16 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VoEgR-0005Kk-L0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:48:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49011 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoEgQ-0005kO-O9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:48:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47004) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoEgG-0005j8-AS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:48:11 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoEg8-0001DL-Ef for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:51980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VoEg8-0001D8-7d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:47:56 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VoEg5-000558-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:47:53 +0100 Original-Received: from c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([98.229.61.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:47:53 +0100 Original-Received: from tzz by c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:47:53 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130008 (Ma Gnus v0.8) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7gCdjqKGs50qn+JQ06J9K5Po6bI= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:166078 Archived-At: On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 01:25:44 +0530 Jambunathan K wrote: JK> Micro-Init files in Use GNU ELPA JK> ================================ It's pretty standard to post RFCs in a new thread, not 6 paragraphs deep in unrelated e-mails. JK> I think GNU ELPA is a nice place to create "sharable init files". The JK> init file is not a monolith, but focuses on a particular usecase. JK> Once such a file is introduced, these files themselves will have a life JK> of their own. They become a "clearing house for common configuration" JK> for a particular use-case. These files can also serve as bickering JK> points for evolving a consensus what goes in what value it takes. I think all of these will cause problems - deprecation of variables - incompatibility of snippets - dependencies - loss of configurability and visibility - bug and maintenance burden on the submitters - documentation (or lack thereof) I personally would not use or enjoy such a system. Ted