Re: PL support

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 21:11:50 +0300
> 
> > What do you mean by "nearly-built-in support"?  And how are we losing
> > it?
> 
> If some wants to edit some ML files, they can 'M-x package-install 
> sml-mode'. If they want a popup based completion interface, then can 
> 'M-x package-install company' (and M-x global-company-mode, okay). All 
> fast, without a need to customize anything.
> 
> For YAML, for example, this is not an option. But it could be.

I don't see how a one-time addition of a simple customization could be
characterized as "losing".

> GNU ELPA has largely been Stefan's project

That's news to me.  Last I heard, Stefan stepped down from maintaining
Emacs some time ago.