From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Moving packages out of core to ELPA
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 14:19:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bcccbf29-58b4-4a45-a775-0a49f8d2f8f7@gutov.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86msrys0qj.fsf@gnu.org>
On 18/02/2024 09:14, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>>> It deserves support in Emacs. Just not, IMO, in core.
>>> Why not? Why does_anything_, to speak nothing of a package already in
>>> core, not "deserve" support in core, while deserving support in ELPA?
>> Because in ELPA, users must proactively opt-in to the use of the package. For such users — those who have actively sought it out — in stark contrast to the vast majority of Emacs users, the benefits dramatically outweigh the costs.
> The costs are minuscule, so it isn't worth considering them in such
> cases.
Those who say that the costs of maintenance is tiny, seem to have missed
the simple statement that the built-in version has diverged from its
upstream 7 years ago. The maintenance is clearly not being done.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-18 12:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-17 14:40 Moving packages out of core to ELPA JD Smith
2024-02-17 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 16:22 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 17:08 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 17:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 18:52 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 19:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 20:56 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-02-17 21:16 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 6:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 12:57 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 13:46 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:03 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 14:08 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:17 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 14:19 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 14:22 ` Po Lu
2024-02-17 17:42 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-02-17 18:21 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 18:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-17 19:01 ` JD Smith
2024-02-17 20:50 ` Drew Adams
2024-02-18 1:55 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 2:27 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 3:47 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 1:42 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 2:14 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 3:39 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 7:25 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 12:39 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 13:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 13:15 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 7:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 12:19 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2024-02-18 13:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-18 13:27 ` JD Smith
2024-02-18 13:06 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 13:13 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-18 13:51 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:19 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-18 14:26 ` Po Lu
2024-02-18 14:38 ` Dmitry Gutov
2024-02-19 18:09 ` Stefan Kangas
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