From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
Cc: "skip@pobox.com" <skip@pobox.com>, "rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>,
"python-mode@python.org" <python-mode@python.org>,
"XEmacs-Beta@xemacs.org" <XEmacs-Beta@xemacs.org>,
"barry@python.org" <barry@python.org>,
"fbe2@comcast.net" <fbe2@comcast.net>,
"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: replacing python.el
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:03:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv63jt95ve.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wsc96fu1.fsf@liv.ac.uk> (Dave Love's message of "Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:51:34 +0000")
>> Emacs includes python.el, written by Dave Love, about which there is
>> no legal problem.
> Indeed, and I don't understand what other problem there is with it,
> other than maintenance. Why does it need to be replaced with
> python-mode.el, even if that was properly assigned?
Maintenance is pretty significant problem, actually. The other problem
is that all the Python coders I know install python-mode.el rather than
use python.el. I don't know if it's representative, but if that's the
case, then our users would be better served with python-mode.el
included in Emacs.
> The only other worthwhile feature I know of sort-of from python-mode.el
> is related to something called pdbtrack (?). My commentary explains
> that part of the functionality already exists, and something more
> general than the rest should be a general feature in GUD. (The
> Python-specifics are already there.) It's not difficult to restructure
> GUD -- or wasn't when I hacked it originally -- and it's not clean to
> make an add-on, which is why it's not in python.el. I know there isn't
> interest in abstractions like that, but I didn't want to preempt a
> possible change of opinion.
Yes, that sounds very good. But someone has to make this change to
gud.el. Feel free to submit your patches here.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-01 22:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2009-02-01 6:31 ` replacing python.el Richard M Stallman
2009-02-01 7:00 ` Glenn Morris
2009-02-01 7:58 ` Beverley Eyre
2009-02-01 20:56 ` Dave Love
2009-02-02 2:37 ` Beverley Eyre
2009-02-02 3:37 ` Chong Yidong
2009-02-02 13:39 ` Barry Warsaw
2009-02-02 16:43 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-01 12:33 ` Barry Warsaw
2009-02-01 15:42 ` Jeff Kowalczyk
2009-02-02 13:11 ` Barry Warsaw
2009-02-01 21:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-02 18:57 ` Barry Warsaw
2009-02-01 20:51 ` Dave Love
2009-02-01 22:03 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-02-02 14:08 ` Barry Warsaw
2009-02-19 20:21 ` ken manheimer
2009-02-19 21:36 ` Barry Warsaw
2009-02-01 22:48 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-01 7:55 ` Beverley Eyre
2009-02-01 22:05 ` Stefan Monnier
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