Re: Emacs next variants

[indieterminacy]

On 12-03-2023 08:46, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:
> Am Sonntag, dem 12.03.2023 um 09:18 +0400 schrieb Andrew Tropin:
> > > As for tree-sitter-with/without-gtk, I have no opinion here.  We
> > > could try exporting package rewriters so that everyone can have
> > > their cup of tea, but maintaining one's own Emacs on the
> > > user/channel level ought not to be too difficult either.
> >
> > I guess inheriting pgtk from tree-sitter looks most logical here: no
> > potential problems for X users, tree-sitter for wayland users. 
> > Updated the inheritance hierarchy.
> For the future, I think we should be careful not to be too close to the
> master branch.  emacs-next has thus far historically been a package to
> try out things for the next release, not the one after that.  The
> inclusion of a package variant with tree-sitter necessitated a change,
> but for packages that don't need it we should go back to tailing pre-
> releases as soon as reasonable.
Out of curiosity, where do such prescriptions concerning one tool or a 
set of tools get documented?

Or is it currently a situation whereby enough people with such 
acculumated knowledge and experience as in the vicinity when somebody 
wants to make relevant changes?

Thanks,

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Jonathan McHugh
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