Re: Turning c-ts-mode.el, go-ts-mode.el, csharp-ts-mode.el etc into :core packages?

[Yuan Fu]

> On Mar 7, 2023, at 5:19 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 14:41:17 -0800
>> 
>> What are the implications of turning something into a :core package? I can’t 
>> find much description of it. If my understanding of it is correct, I think 
>> it would be beneficial to make new tree-sitter modes into :core packages. 
>> Right now they are pretty bare-bones, and haven’t been “battle-tested”. 
>> Making them core packages would allow us gradually improve them and fix 
>> errors that come up. Those files I mentioned in the subject are new files, 
>> if that matters. But I don’t know if there are any downsides of turning 
>> something into a :core package.
>> 
>> The new tree-sitter related files we have are:
>> - c-ts-mode.el
>> - java-ts-mode.el
>> - rust-ts-mode.el
>> - go-ts-mode.el
>> - dockerfile-ts-mode.el
>> - cmake-ts-mode.el
>> - yaml-ts-mode.el
>> - typescript-ts-mode.el
>> - ruby-ts-mode.el
>> - toml-ts-mode.el
>> 
>> And we have a few “combined” files:
>> - python.el (already a :core package)
>> - js.el
>> - sh-script.el
> 
> Isn't :core only relevant for ELPA packages and not for something that
> is bundled with Emacs?

I think bundled packages can become :core packages too, like eldoc.el did.

Yuan