Re: Moving packages out of core to ELPA

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 11:22:35 -0500
> Cc: emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> 
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2024, at 10:51 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> 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.
> 
> Does that reduce the maintenance burden, for example because code in 
> lisp/obsolete does not receive updates to documentation, stylistic code 
> changes, etc.?  Do you typically also remove the associated entry in 
> auto-mode-alist when obsoleting in this fashion?

Yes, I think so (on both counts).