Re: ELPA policy

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: John Wiegley <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  address@hidden,  
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> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:54:51 -0800
> 
> >>>>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> Large packages like CEDET should move outside of Emacs.git and into
> >> Elpa.git.
> > "Should" based on what? just the fact that it's large? I think we should
> > decide this stuff on a case by case basis. For example:
> 
> I'm surprised you say this, Eli, because in another thread you agree that
> packages like this should be in Elpa, didn't you?

I said I _could_agree.  But not unconditionally.  We should discuss
each case.

> >> If xref.el depends on CEDET, it would move to Elpa.git as well.
> 
> > IMO, the exact opposite: if there are core features that we want to be in
> > Emacs no matter what, and those features depend on a package which could be
> > a candidate to move to ELPA, that package should NOT move to ELPA.
> 
> Core should provide functionality along the lines of a "standard library" and
> a "standard environment", where having them in core is as much a statement
> about consistency of interface, as it is about universal availability of the
> functionality.

Sorry, I don't understand what this means in practice.

> Since xref.el does not need to depend on CEDET, I don't see a reason why it
> should, causing CEDET to remain in core.

xref is as useful as its backends.  If you take away backends, it
becomes less useful, or supports less programming languages, or both.