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

[Yuan Fu]

> On Mar 7, 2023, at 7:06 AM, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> wrote:
> 
> 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).

I wish package.el has something like “install last version of xxx package 
compatible with Emacs yyy”. Then we can just bump the minimum required Emacs 
version when a new Emacs release come out, and use new features. Anyway, 
checking versions to use new Emacs feature is IMO an acceptable price to pay.

> 
> 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.

Maybe, thought I don’t think we’ll need to anytime soon.

Yuan