Re: asking for advice for changing the cfengine.el progmode to support CFEngine 3.x

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:03:12 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

TZ> As [cfengine3.el stands], except for highlighting string
TZ> interpolation, it's great for everyday work.  So I want to know if
TZ> there's any reason to pursue SMIE--what more can it do for this
TZ> mode--and if there are any other comments on the code.  If not, I'll
TZ> remove the unnecessary parts, commit it, and make a note in
TZ> cfengine.el about the newer version.
TZ> Ping?  I'd like to release cfengine3.el before the pretest starts,
TZ> please.
>> I'll commit cfengine3.el to the trunk tonight to beat the feature freeze
>> date.

SM> Why not put it in the GNU ELPA instead, so it can keep evolving
SM> independently from the feature freeze?

Because cfengine.el is in the trunk.  It doesn't make sense to put the
two files in different places--it's confusing for the users, they'll see
one and won't know about the other.  I also can't merge cfengine.el with
cfengine3.el, they are too different and the new code is IMHO much
simpler and cleaner.

Ted