Re: Feature branches review please (ivy hello)

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > I have seen previous discussion about it entering main Emacs.
>> > Question: Why not?
>> FWIW, here's my take on it: a package should be included in Emacs
>> if it's activated by default or if it's a library that's required by
>> many other packages.
> We didn't make such a decision, AFAIK,

Indeed, I only stated my opinion.

> and as a matter of fact, a large part of what comes today with Emacs
> doesn't pass this test.

Yup.  And moving packages out of Emacs is extra work with very
little payback.  There's theory and then there's practice ;-)

> A prerequisite for making such a decision would be to find a way of
> bundling ELPA packages into an Emacs tarball when preparing a
> release.  We haven't yet found the way of doing that, although some
> discussions were held about what would that entail.

FWIW, there's an existing patch which does that.  It's more a question
of making the decision and then managing the consequences.

> Personally, I think promoting the above concept before the decision
> was made is something to avoid, because it sends the wrong message.

What I wrote above is not any kind of decision.  It's "my take on it".
And that's been my take on it for many years now, and it guides the way
I argue for or against inclusion of packages in Emacs and in GNU ELPA.


        Stefan