Re: Tree-sitter maturity

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 05:01:23 -0500
> From: Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
> CC: casouri@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> 
> 
> On December 29, 2024 4:24:11 AM EST, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 04:14:37 -0500
> >> From: Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
> >> CC: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> >> 
> >> The grammars don't make any backwards compatibility guarantees. There have 
> >> been multiple Emacs bugs arising from grammars unilaterally changing 
> >> terminal names and such. ISTM the only way to guarantee compatibility is 
> >> to vendor the whole stack.
> >
> >I hope that, as the use of tree-sitter and the grammars increases, the
> >distros will work with the grammar developers so that the latter get
> >their act together and start producing more dependable releases with
> >clear versioning and library compatibilities.
> 
> Is hope a strategy?

No, just hope.