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, 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
