Richard Riley wrote: > Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> writes: > > >> On Apr 30, 2009, at 3:25 AM, Andreas Röhler wrote: >> >> >>> With python-mode.el, people may have good reasons, to >>> use it as it is - and me to leave it as it is. Thats >>> fine with bazaar and other DVCs, we can do that. My >>> branch doesn't hamper the origin and any further branch >>> will not. Its just freedom to try and see. >>> >> This is true, and experimentation a good thing in the short term. In >> the long term though, a proliferation of branches just confuses people >> because no one's sure which is the official branch. Our lives are >> more difficult too because of the python-mode.el/python.el split. >> >> So I encourage you to experiment and get user feedback. Old-timers >> (and remember, python-mode.el's been in widespread use for 15 years) >> will be wedded to their muscle memory, but if you introduce a user- >> visible change that people like, they can be made configurable with >> defaults providing the old behavior. Then it will be possible to >> merge your changes back into the official branch. If you modularize >> your changes, then the less controversial ones can get merged in sooner. >> >> -Barry >> >> >> > > > IMO any new "obviously useful" features should be enabled by > default. Old Timers should have no problem reverting to older > configurations via settings. A point which generates much contention I > know. As it is, Python set up is/was a minefield. I have a reasonable > set up here fwiw, >
Yes, you have. Used it month ago, thanks BTW. Beside the question is still, how the user may get everything needed installed with one action. Several possibilities exist: we could make a tarball emacs-python. Too we should let the user decide, what features to use: ipython or not, pdbtrack or pydb, which completion, refactoring, which checks and tests etc. > This includes pysmell completions for hippie expand and company-mode. > > http://richardriley.net/projects/emacs/dotprogramming#sec-1.3 > > > > _______________________________________________ Python-mode mailing list Python-mode@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-mode
