>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>> "R" == rendhalver
<rendhalver(a)xemacs.org> writes:
R> just downloaded all the stuff on
that page i think we need to
R> put them all into a c mode somewhere near us
Stephen> We don't "need" any junk code. It's good to set it up
as packages,
Stephen> but if it's not ready for prime time, we shouldn't put too much
effort
Stephen> into maintaining it. I'd like to see us get in touch with the
Stephen> authors, see if they're willing to maintain their code as XEmacs
Stephen> packages. Give them commit privileges as appropriate. Offer them
Stephen> bug-reporting addresses (somebody remind me to update aliases-xemacs
Stephen> at tux...).
i wouldnt do it any other way stephen
Stephen> What we (XEmacs) should do is document these packages in some place
Stephen> users will see it. Evaluate them, at least to the extent of saying
Stephen> whether they look like they'll make it out of contrib before we
Stephen> release 22.0. :-)
cool
R> appreciated then we can include this stuff in cc-mode :)
Stephen> Make a separate package, only put it in cc-mode when the cc-mode
Stephen> people say it's OK. In general separate packages for separate
Stephen> maintainers or separate functionality is a good thing. This is
Stephen> especially important with packages that are actively maintained
Stephen> upstream.
yeah that was the idea at the moment
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