bug#59602: 29.0.50; csharp-mode should either be a package, or compat code could be removed

[Jostein Kjønigsen]

This may be a bit "on the side", but if me and Theodor are going to be maintaining csharp-mode in Emacs core, we currently face the slight "challenge" of not actually having write/push-access to the Emacs git-repo at savannah.

That means that at top of our ability, we will be able to email in patches (like Theodor did now!) and hope for someone to review and/or merge them.

While don't expect that providing for unlimited git-access out of the blue probably is how new major-modes are taken in, I'm also not sure what the "normal" procedure is in cases like this.

Are there someone particular we are recommended to CC in our emails to make sure the patches get picked up efficiently? And what if it's not a registered "bug" yet, but just an improvement? Should we send it to emacs-devel instead?

In short: Do you guys have any "onboarding guide" we can follow to make sure everyone is happy, and our patches get reviewed and applied efficiently? :)

Any guidance appreciated!

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Kind regards
Jostein Kjønigsen

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On 26.11.2022 20:12, Theodor Thornhill wrote:

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

Severity: wishlist

Is csharp-mode.el intended to be a :core package or should people just
use the version that comes with Emacs?

If the former, I guess some Version and Package-Requires headers
are needed.

If the latter, the compat code starting on line 512 could probably be
removed.

I agree.  The compat code should be removed.  I don't thing we have much
to gain by maintaining this as a :core package, so here's a patch doing
what you suggest.  I don't think that code should be part of Emacs at
all, if not absolutely necessary :-)

Theo