Re: [NonGNU ELPA] new package: clangd-inactive-regions

[Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>]

Felician Nemeth <felician.nemeth@gmail.com> writes:

> There is an open pull request by Slava Akhmechet in eglot-x that
> implements a similar feature for clangd and ccls (which uses a differnet
> LSP extension) [1].  There I wondered its compatibility with the
> built-in hide-ifdef-mode.
>
> Slava originally sent the pull request to the Eglot's repository [2],
> but João said "Eglot is, by design, only for LSP nor for extensions to
> the protocol."

I see the logic in João's arguments for wanting to limit eglot.el to the
LSP standard only.  But then the natural question is: where does
functionality covering LSP extensions belong?

One option is to have separate packages for every LSP extension out
there, or indeed a catch-all like eglot-x.el.  Maybe this is okay.
However, does Eglot's design goals really mean that we will _never_ want
these features in Emacs core?  I'm not so sure.

This is why I'm proposing to submit the new clangd-inactive-regions
package to GNU ELPA instead.  That way we could more easily integrate
this into Emacs later (i.e. without having to worry about copyright
assignments).  We would still need to figure some things out, of course,
such as where this functionality goes: to some new `eglot-extras.el', to
various major modes, or what.

Regarding eglot-x.el, of which you Felician seems to be the only major
contributor, I would actually say the exact same thing.  Why isn't this
package on GNU ELPA?  I suggest that you to submit it.  :-)

I'm copying in João, in case he has anything to add here.