Re: matlab-mode MELPA, link contact FAQ?

[Uwe Brauer]

>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

   >> I got the impression that MELPA is bit delicate a subject, since it is
   >> not GNU software,

   >> however matlab mode, which I partially maintain now, cannot be put in
   >> ELPA since we do not posses all the signatures of all contributors, so
   >> I have to use MELPA instead.

   > My hope/desire for matlab-mode would be to try and merge it bit-by-bit
   > with octave-mode.  More specifically, octave-mode would accumulate all
   > the code that is not specific to Matlab, and matlab-mode would remain as
   > a package which depends on octave-mode and adds some
   > matlab-specific support.

Agreed. I used octave quite some time ago and what I noticed was that
the command shell interface was clearly inferior to that of matlab.
However the matlab code was so, well matlab specific, that it was
frustrating for me to try to import that code to octave.