Re: Moving packages out of core to ELPA

[JD Smith]

> On Feb 17, 2024, at 2:20 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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>> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 13:52:44 -0500
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> 
>>>> On Feb 17, 2024, at 12:29 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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>>> And in this case, we intend to move IDLWAVE out precisely because it is 
>>> obsolete,
>> 
>> Not necessarily, depending on how one defines obsolete. Just “no longer 
>> worth keeping in core”.
> 
> That's not my interpretation of your description of IDL state.

Then I fear you may have misinterpreted me.  Many astronomers and earth 
scientists do still use it. A few with emacs.  Maybe it’s a bit like Perl that 
way.  There’s a lot of legacy code around. So it’s perfectly valuable to keep 
in ELPA, but IMO the cost/benefit no longer merits inclusion in core.