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

[Stefan Monnier]

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.

Why not output a message from cfengine.el when visiting a version 3 file?


        Stefan