Re: dash.el [was: Re: Imports / inclusion of s.el into Emacs]

[Stefan Monnier]

>   > FWIW, nobody asked to add it in Emacs core. The only request was
>   > to add it in ELPA, which looks like everybody has a different idea
>   > of what it is.
> I see the distinction, but either way it would cause the same problem.
> The problem is a second, incoherent set of string functions.

But it's a problem we can't solve, because the library is out there are
people use it.  Furthermore it's only hypothetical.
The library's been in wide use for many years already, yet Emacs still
chugs along exactly as before.  Including it into GNU ELPA would make no
difference in this respect.

In any case, at this point I'm not really interested in adding any other
of those packages to GNU ELPA.  I'll just recommend people add MELPA to
their `package-archives` and move on.


        Stefan