Re: Turning c-ts-mode.el, go-ts-mode.el, csharp-ts-mode.el etc into :core packages?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Yuan Fu <casouri@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 14:41:17 -0800
> 
> What are the implications of turning something into a :core package? I can’t 
> find much description of it. If my understanding of it is correct, I think it 
> would be beneficial to make new tree-sitter modes into :core packages. Right 
> now they are pretty bare-bones, and haven’t been “battle-tested”. Making them 
> core packages would allow us gradually improve them and fix errors that come 
> up. Those files I mentioned in the subject are new files, if that matters. 
> But I don’t know if there are any downsides of turning something into a :core 
> package.
> 
> The new tree-sitter related files we have are:
> - c-ts-mode.el
> - java-ts-mode.el
> - rust-ts-mode.el
> - go-ts-mode.el
> - dockerfile-ts-mode.el
> - cmake-ts-mode.el
> - yaml-ts-mode.el
> - typescript-ts-mode.el
> - ruby-ts-mode.el
> - toml-ts-mode.el
> 
> And we have a few “combined” files:
> - python.el (already a :core package)
> - js.el
> - sh-script.el

Isn't :core only relevant for ELPA packages and not for something that
is bundled with Emacs?