Re: Bundle updated eiffel-mode.el rather than eiffel3.el?

Martin> Do you think it is worth including eiffel-mode.el instead Martin> of eiffel3.el with XEmacs? Probably we would want to include both, as long as there are no file name conflicts that can't be resolved by one party or the other renaming. Cf. the AUC-TeX package vs the ancient tex-mode.el in the core Lisp. The easiest way to do this is to add the file(s) to an existing package. This is appropriate for mode (1) below. It is not much more difficult to create a new, separate package. This would be preferred for modes (2) and (3) below. Check out some of the package sources, and look at the Makefile and pkg-info.in file for a couple of small ones. It's not very difficult, and we'd be happy to help with it. Martin> If someone does decide to bundle eiffel-mode.el, how would Martin> I contribute new versions? There are three modes for this: (1) You don't want to deal with XEmacs bureacracy at all. Send patches to xemacs-patches(a)xemacs.org and the XEmacs Development Team will review them and apply if appropriate. They will appear in the package distribution on a regular basis. The XEmacs Development Team will take responsibility for synchronization, and may also make its own changes. (2) You want direct access to the XEmacs repository for updating, but don't really want to be maintainer of record. We give you CVS commit access, you commit your changes, you tell the XEmacs package czar (currently Steve Youngs) you'd like a new package released, and he does so on his schedule. Other XEmacs developers will commit bug fixes etc as appropriate. (3) You want full control of the XEmacs package. You are maintainer of record, and provide contact addresses for the following aliases: eiffel-mode-{bugs,patches,discuss,maintainer}(a)xemacs.org. (Typically for a small package they'll all just go to you.) You will review all proposed patches to the library, and XEmacs will only commit without your permission in cases of critical bugs where you cannot be contacted. You have commit access to the repository for this purpose. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Don't ask how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.