From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10688: The default mode for Perl should be cperl-mode instead of perl-mode Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:34:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8762fmbmwn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <1351159277417-268030.post@n5.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1351168514 3176 80.91.229.3 (25 Oct 2012 12:35:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:35:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10688@debbugs.gnu.org To: draxil Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 25 14:35:22 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1TRMef-0008CW-G6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:35:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47054 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMeX-0002Wi-Kf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:35:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42106) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMeN-0002S0-4K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:35:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMeJ-0005Xz-1p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMeI-0005Xu-V2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMgH-000353-N6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:37:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10688 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10688-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10688.135116857811793 (code B ref 10688); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10688) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Oct 2012 12:36:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60838 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMfZ-00034A-LN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:36:18 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:57679) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TRMfY-00033u-3Y for 10688@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:36:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAG6Zu0/O+LFW/2dsb2JhbABEtBGBCIIVAQEEAVYjBQsLNBIUGA0kJ4d1BboJkEQDozOBWIMF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="202810867" Original-Received: from 206-248-177-86.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.177.86]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 25 Oct 2012 08:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id F3D44593D3; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:34:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <1351159277417-268030.post@n5.nabble.com> (draxil@gmail.com's message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:01:17 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:66022 Archived-At: > I would say that my personal experience, and that of the people in the more > active perl community spaces which I have consulted, the stock version of > cperl-mode included in the emacs distribution is still far superior to the > default perl-mode. The main problem is that the cperl-mode code's maintainership has some problems (poor communication and some disagreements between Ilya and the Emacs team). Also, missing from your request is concrete reasons, other than "it seems to be more popular". Stefan