Re: Include which-key.el in the Emacs distribution

[Corwin Brust]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 11:59 AM Stephen Leake
<stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> wrote:
>
> Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 3:41 PM Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > I really love which-key but enabling it by default for everyone could be
> >> > a bit premature. Maybe adding a very easy to find option in the toolbar
> >> > could be a better first step?
> >> >
> >> > So the ones (like me) who love it can improve it until it becomes ready
> >> > to be default without the complains if the other who doesn't.
> >>
> >> Yes, we should definitely make any necessary improvements before
> >> considering to make it the default.  I believe that's what Stefan M was
> >> also arguing, so I see no disagreement on that point.
> >>
> >
> > Hi all.  Having `which-key' available in core remains popular, at least on 
> > IRC.
> >
> > Now that it is available from GNU Elpa I wonder what is left to do and
> > if there appears hope of including it with Emacs 29.
> >
> > Does anyone "here" have thoughts on how this may be coming along/what
> > else is needed?
>
> I started on a branch to implement bundling elpa packages in the emacs
> release; see feature/bundle-elpa, file admin/notes/elpa, and this email
> thread on emacs-devel:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-01/msg01017.html

Does solving this block the possibility to include which-key, in your view?

I know, at least, ERC is maintained via GNU ELPA but bundled in each
Emacs release.  Would it make sense to look into how that's being
done, perhaps as an interim step?

>
> I gave up when no one responded to my requests for comments.
>
> There is also a branch feature/core-elpa-by-copy.

I'll take a look at these branches and read the thread you mentioned.
I'm not very familiar with the "plumbing" for the ELPAs but perhaps I
can gean so understand from what you've done already.

Thanks for the reply.
>
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> -- Stephe



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