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bug#39992: Merge external idlwave development efforts into GNU Emacs?
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#39992: Merge external idlwave development efforts into GNU Emacs? |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Sep 2021 09:05:23 -0700 |
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
> Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
>
>> I don't use it myself, but I noticed that there is ongoing development
>> of idlwave.el here:
>>
>> https://github.com/jdtsmith/idlwave
>>
>> As far as I can tell from the git log, the last change to idlwave by
>> JD Smith was on Fri Apr 27 19:34:22 2007 +0000.
>>
>> Would it be possible to merge this effort into the version distributed
>> with GNU Emacs itself? That way more users could benefit from the
>> improvements.
>
> I note that on the GitHub page, there has since been added a note:
>
> Note: IDLWAVE is currently not maintained. In current form it
> supports IDL v8.6, and is still in daily use by some users.
>
> If you are interested in taking over IDLWAVE maintenance, please
> post an issue. See the DEVELOP file for information on the file
> structure layout.
>
> I'm not sure what this means for the idlwave we ship with Emacs.
>
> JD Smith, do you mind if someone else tries to on merge your external
> development efforts into Emacs itself?
The above email bounced, so I have now copied in the email address used
in the GitHub repository.