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

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 06/03/2023 00:41, Yuan Fu wrote:
> 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.

Most of the associated overhead is having to keep in mind the version of 
Emacs that each packages advertises compatibility with. Which makes 
using new features (or fixes) from future Emacs versions harder 
(requiring versions checks, etc).

We could also make treesit.el into a :core package at some point, if any 
of the packages will need some new changes. Although this one will 
likely depend on changes in treesit.c even more often. But for this 
package, at least, it might be worth it to set the "Version:" header in 
advance.