Re: Posting large modes in gnu.emacs.sources

[Arjan Bos]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> > I recently finished (I hope) a new major-mode for writing NetRexx. It's 60kb
> > large. Would it be frowned upon if I were to post this in gnu.emacs.sources?
>
>
> I don't think you'll be blamed for it.
> It's really not that large.  But note that many newsservers simply ignore
> large messages, so I recommend you post a URL instead.
> Other people disagree and think the full source is better because it then
> gets archived as part of gnu.emacs.source archive, so if you post a URL,
> make sure that the location will "live for ever".
> In any case, a good thing to do is to also put the package in emacswiki.org.
>
>
>         Stefan
Thanks, I'll do both

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