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

[Richard Stallman]

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  > 2) The s- namespace: This has already happened. If we put a function
  > called `s-starts-with' or `-map' into core, we will break quite a lot of
  > MELPA. This would look poor and potentially like bad will.

That would be blaming us for their treating us badly.

I suppose some people might do that -- but I don't want to
cringe in fear of it.

  > 3) "who don't coordinate with us". Magnar will respond if emailed.

It can't be our responsibility to contact everyone working on a
package that might be useful.  We don't know who they are, or what
they are working on, until they release it.

The only way that can work is if they contact us.

  > And you have missed the advantages: having libraries like s and dash
  > available, will bring to Emacs a set of functionality that many people
  > like, as well as bringing in a lot of developers who have already
  > contributed to s.el, dash and the rest.

This is not the way we want contributions to arrive.



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Dr Richard Stallman
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