Re: Moving packages out of core to ELPA

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 09:40:19 -0500
> 
> There was a recent discussion about which lisp/progmodes packages belong in 
> core.  A sentiment was
> expressed that useful languages with non-negligible user bases should 
> probably go in, and others should be
> in ELPA.
> 
> I want to bring up a related point: it should be possible to retire packages 
> from core, once their relevance
> drops below a critical threshold [1]. 

We usually first retire such packages to lisp/obsolete/.  There, they
are still available, but need to be loaded manually.  Moving something
directly to ELPA might be too drastic, assuming someone somewhere
still want to use it.