Re: dash.el [was: Re: Imports / inclusion of s.el into Emacs]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 23:55:10 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden,
>  address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> > I see the distinction, but either way it would cause the same problem.
> > The problem is a second, incoherent set of string functions.
> 
> But it's a problem we can't solve, because the library is out there are
> people use it.  Furthermore it's only hypothetical.

It won't stay hypothetical if we allow incoherent packages into ELPA
and start accepting their use in other packages and eventually in
core.  People will ask us to use them more, people will ask us to
document them, people will ask us to fix bugs in them, and eventually
to use them in our own code.  In a word, people will rightfully expect
us to take full responsibility on every such package.  The costs will
come, I have no doubt about it.

> I'll just recommend people add MELPA to their `package-archives` and
> move on.

Please don't.