Re: Moving packages out of core to ELPA

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 18/02/2024 09:14, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > >    It deserves support in Emacs.  Just not, IMO, in core.
> > > Why not?  Why does_anything_, to speak nothing of a package already in
> > > core, not "deserve" support in core, while deserving support in ELPA?
> > Because in ELPA, users must proactively opt-in to the use of the package.  For 
> > such users — those who have actively sought it out — in stark contrast to the 
> > vast majority of Emacs users, the benefits dramatically outweigh the costs.
> The costs are minuscule, so it isn't worth considering them in such
> cases.

Those who say that the costs of maintenance is tiny, seem to have missed 
the simple statement that the built-in version has diverged from its 
upstream 7 years ago. The maintenance is clearly not being done.