Re: company.el status?

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 27.03.2013 6:56, Tim Cross wrote:
> My question as well. While I won't lose any sleep should we give up on
> bzr and move to git, I am very concerned regarding further fracturing of
> the emacs ecosystem if that means using a platform which is using
> non-free tools. Git != GitHub.

I believe I presented some reasons why a project might want to use 
GitHub over hosting solely at gnu.org.

> Lets have all official emacs packages use
> git, but on gnu.org <http://gnu.org>. If we start moving things out to
> various other locations, before long, we will have forks and different

Forks are good, the power to create one is one of the main freedoms 
provided by free software licenses.
If a project has people taking its code and running in different 
directions, it means the project is in demand, and it increases the 
probability that those people either contribute back, or maybe create 
something newer and more exciting.

> versions all over the place, leaving an envrionment where only the
> determined and experienced emacser has any hope - all new users will run
> a mile.

As long as GNU ELPA is easy to contribute to and the project maintainer 
is willing, there shouldn't be any problems.

Now, if you're actually using the package, how about contributing some 
code? I'm currently the sole developer, and I'm not in any danger of 
splitting into several people anytime soon.

--Dmitry