progress of jed-extra

[Jörg Sommer]

Hello G.,

G. Milde schrieb am Mon 28. Nov, 13:03 (+0100):
> On 25.11.05, Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
> > * G. Milde <g.milde at web.de> [2005-11-25 15:42]:
>  
> > > Shall we include the "experimental and exotic" modes in the package, 
> > > (e.g. in jed-extra/experimental/ and add a commented initializatin in
> > > jed.d/50jed-extra.sl?

I agree with you. We should not include experimental scripts in the
package, because...

> > 
> > Why not?
> 
> Possible counter arguments are:
> 
>   * size of the package
>   * more work in maintainging, e.g.
>     incoming bug reports for stuff we know is experimental (maybe much of
>     "wontfix" bugs)

...this might hit us hard with experimental stuff and see us ending up
with programming and fixing these modes.

> Despite of this, I am in favour of inclusion, as
> 
>   * people that have special needs or want to experiment have the scripts
>     ready installed - no need to go to Jedmodes.sf.net.

The question is, if experimental modes get used?

>   * with "experimental/" as a sub-dir of the added-to-path "jed-extra/",
>     activation is dead easy, e.g. with 
>       autoload("eX_mode", "experimental/eX.sl")

This might be an idea, but I think we should dissociate from this with a
note in README.Debian or put these files in /u/s/d/j/contrib.

Which modes do you think of? Do you have a list?

Have a nice weekend, Jörg.
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