Thanks for clarifying! This makes a lot of sense.

Cheers,
Clément.

On 2016-12-12 15:38, Simen Heggestøyl wrote:
> Hi Clément.
>
> More than a year ago I contacted the author of the original JSON mode,
> Josh Johnston, to see if we could get JSON mode included in Emacs. At
> the same time it seemed like a good idea to remove its basis on JS mode,
> since various issues come from it [1, 2]. We would also need to either
> get its two MELPA dependencies into GNU ELPA or replace them.
>
> I had already written a JSON mode that I had been using privately for a
> while that didn't depend on JS mode, and that didn't depend on any MELPA
> packages (it uses json.el bundled with Emacs for the same
> functionality). I suggested we merge our two modes before moving it into
> Emacs or GNU ELPA. Josh then pointed out that everything from the old
> mode was already implemented in the new one. So while the new JSON
> mode's code isn't directly based on the old JSON mode's, it carries on
> its name, its functionality, and the same default keybindings.
>
> Lastly we agreed to try and make the transition to the new mode as
> smooth as possible for the users. I've released the new mode with a
> lower version number than Josh's, so Josh's mode will still be installed
> for those who have configured MELPA. By doing so I was hoping to get
> more testing, and finding out whether the new approach is really
> better. If it turns out that it's not, we'll just retract it. If it
> turns out that it is, we'll increase the version number higher than the
> old mode (for instance 2.0).
>
> -- Simen
>
> [1] https://github.com/joshwnj/json-mode/issues/32
> [2] https://github.com/joshwnj/json-mode/issues/34
>
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