Re: [Help-smalltalk] adding smalltalk-mode to ELPA?

[Derek Zhou]

Stefan Monnier writes:
>
> We'd be happy to add smalltalk-mode to elpa.git, but we wouldn't want
> this to end up being a fork or becoming some stale copy of your own
> smalltalk-mode.el, which is why I came here to figure out whether there
> is a firm commitment here to keep the two copies in sync.  The easiest
> way to "keep them in sync" would be to *move* smalltalk-mode.el to
> elpa.git (i.e. not keep it in the smalltalk.git repository any more),
> but I haven't seen any sign that this was the intention so far.
>
IMHO a fork is not necessarily a bad thing here. GNU Smalltalk is mature
software; the smalltalk-mode included is compatible with emacs as far
back as 21 and Xemacs, whereas ELPA is only targeted for modern emacs
like 24 and up. Also it is one file of only a few thousand lines and not
likely to grow much bigger. Judged by the rate of changes for the last
few years even elisp newbie like me can keep them in sync, and I do plan
to do that if no one better than me claim the job.

Derek