Re: python.el fixes for Emacs 22

[Stefan Monnier]

> i'm hoping to have time to work on this more, hopefully tomorrow or
> Friday.

That would be great.

> also, i've also been talking with barry and skip, who would also be
> interested in seeing the python mode versions converge.  i do see that
> python-mode.el is actively maintained - it's current with the
> pre-release python 3.0, and it looks like a much more complete
> language mode than python.el.  would there be interest in helping to
> get this convergence?  is python.el actively maintained, and if so,
> would the maintainers be interested in helping consolidate the
> versions?

python.el is developed and maintained (outside of the Emacs repository!)
by Dave Love.  The presence of those 2 versions is undesirable and only
caused by the fact that we didn't have the required legal paperwork for
python-mode.  So anything that can bring the two modes closer is good,
as long as we can keep it in the Emacs repository (i.e. as long as those
changes come with appropriate copyright paperwork).


        Stefan